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FIREWORKS

SYNOPSIS

1944, the Alps in Piedmont, northern Italy. Four teenagers hope that the war will end soon and they will be able to hug their parents and older brothers again. When they realise that, due to their young age, they do not raise suspicion and are not searched at enemy checkpoints, they decide to secretly help the partisans to liberate Italy from the occupying German forces. Marta, Davide, Sara and Marco take on the identity of “Sandokan”, a mysterious rebel who operates against the Nazi-Fascists with their bases down in the valleys. The four children climb steep mountains and undertake breath-taking descents, and by facing enormous dangers and great tests of courage they make their own contribution to the victory of the freedom fighters in the resistance movements. This is a great adventure story dealing with themes of coming-of-age, love and friendship, told from the point of view of the thirteen-year-old Marta.

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CREDITS

BASED ON THE BOOK OF THE SAME NAME BY Andrea Bouchard
PUBLISHED BY Salani Editore
WRITTEN BY Susanna Nicchiarelli and Marianna Cappi
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF Andrea Bouchard
DIRECTED BY Susanna Nicchiarelli
PRODUCED BY Matrioska / Fandango
Piemonte Torino Film Tv Development Fund
Development Fund Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC)
MIA 2021 (Paramount+ Award)

PREMI

  • Festival di Venezia (31/8-10/9) – sezione Biennale College
    · Premio ArcaGiovani: miglior film
    · Premio Nuovo Imaie: miglior attore esordiente
    · Menzione Speciale Fedic “Il giornale del cibo” – migliore scena di cibo
  • CPH:PIX New Copenaghen International Film Festival (27/10-6/11) – sezione New Crowned Hopes
  • Vevey International Funny Film Festival (28-30/10) – in concorso
  • Festival du Cinema Italien de Villerupt (28/10-13/11) – in concorso
  • Montecarlo Film Festival de la comédie (3 Marzo 2017) – in concorso
    · Premio del pubblico
    · Premio Miglio Attore
  • Open Roads: New Italian Cinema (Giugno 2017 New York)
  • Seattle International Film Festival (Giugno 2017)
  • Bari International Film Festival (Aprile 2017) – in concorso
    · Premio Ettore Scola per il regista della migliore opera prima o seconda
  • Ischia Film Festival (Giugno 2017)
    · Premio Castello Aragonese alla Migliore Regia
  • ShorTS Film Festival (Trieste Luglio 2017)
    · Premio Hera Miglior Film
    · Premio Miglior Produzione
  • CinéCiak d’oro Colpo di Fulmine (Luglio 2017)
  • Candidatura Nastri d’Argento Miglior Commedia 2017