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Nonno - Directed by Nikolas Candido

Project Type: Short Film

Project Title: Nonno

Brief Synopsis: This film brings together fragments of documents shot by the filmmaker about his grandfather, who was struck down by Alzheimer's disease. The film's first-person narrative experimentally articulates fragments of films shot in Italy and Brazil in 16 and Super 8, creating a parallel between a man who is losing his memory and the material that evokes a certain dreamed-of Italy, the one left by his ancestors, in the gesture of his grandfather's beloved tongue.

Runtime: 10’30

Completion Date: October 2024

Country of Origin: France / Switzerland / Brazil

Language: Italian


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Director: Nikolas Candido

Writer: Nikolas Candido

Producer: Nikolas Candido / Ecole du Film Documentaire / Niko&Lev Studio

Cinematographer: Nikolas Candido / Tetsuya Maruyama

Editor: Nikolas Candido / Jeissy Trompiz

Key Cast:Nonno/ Nikolas Candido (voice)

 
 
 

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