Tempus Fugit
Switzerland, October 1997
FILM,
Fiction,
103 min.
- directed by
- Bruno Soldini
- Written by
- Bruno Soldini
- Status
- In distribution
The story of Angelo, a pensioner still full of curiosity and in love with nature, a real “genuine article” who is still moved by poetry and music. Recording the minor events that now make up his life, the film captures the joys and melancholy of an old man who finds himself alone after the death of his wife. Angelo retreats increasingly into his own world, as his memory begins to fade and he is deprived of his independence. His odyssey begins in an ultramodern home for the elderly where, a lone hero he refuses to submit as the sands of time escape his grasp, carrying away his memories and his past. A film full of spontaneity, interpreted by non-professionals, and in which the Ticino dialect mixes with standard Italian, just as it does in the real world.
E’ la vicenda di Angelo, un pensionato ancora ricco di interessi e di curiosità, che ama la natura. Um uomo estroso con la passione per la poesia e la musica. Il film narra le peripezie, le gioie e le malinconie del vecchio rimasto solo dopo la morte della moglie. Angelo si rifugia sempre più dentro il suo mondo, poi la memoria si appanna e non é più autosufficiente. Comincia cosi l’Odissea in una modernissima casa per anziani dove Angelo non vuole arrendersi al tempo che fugge portandosi via le sue memorie e il suo passato. Un film sponteno interpretato da attori non professionisti. L’uso dell’italiano si mescola con quello del dialetto: come nella vita di tutti i giorni.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 1997
- Original Version
- Italian, colour, Beta SP, 103 min.
- Production
- RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- directed by
- Bruno Soldini
- Written by
- Bruno Soldini
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera