La Pivellina
- Patrizia Gerardi: Patrizia " Patti "
- Saabel Walter: Walter
- Tairo Caroli: Tairo
- Asia Crippa: Asia " Aia "
La Pivellina is a film by Covi and Rainer Frimmel Tizza from the year 2009. The film was with non-professional actors, some of the documentation " Babooska " rotated.
Action
In search of her runaway dog finds Patti, a somewhat dated circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer, an abandoned two- year-old girl and decides to take care of it. With the help of Tairo, a teenager who lives with his grandmother in an adjacent container, Patti starts looking after the child's mother and gives the girl a temporary new home.
Festivals
Since its premiere at the International Film Festival in Cannes La Pivellina ran to over 120 international film festivals ( Berlin, Toronto, Karlovy Vary, New York, San Francisco) and received over 30 awards.
Awards (selection)
- 2009 may, Festival International du Film de Cannes
- June 2009, Pesaro Film Festival
- Aug 2009, Annecy Cinéma Italy
- 2009 oct, Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
- 2009 oct, Mumbai International Film Festival
- 2009 oct, Valdivia International Film Festival
- 2009 nov, Leeds International Film Festival
- Nov 2009, Gijón International Film Festival
- 2009 nov, Castellininaria Festival Internazionale del Cinema Giovane Bellinzona
- 2010 jan, Festival Premiers Plans d' Angers
- 2010 mar, diagonal
- 2010 apr, Indie Lisboa
- 2010 apr, Cinematografico Festival Internacional de Uruguay
- 2010 April, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
- June 2010, Nastri d' Argento:
- July 2010, Bimbi Belli Roma
- July 2010, Gallio Film Festival
- 2010 aug, Sarzana Film Festival
In October 2009, La Pivellina was the opening film of the Viennale.
The Austrian Film Commission nominated La Pivellina as Austrian candidates for the award for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards 2011., But the film did not get shortlisted. At the award ceremony of the Austrian Film Prize 2011 followed nominations for directing and editing.
Criticism
- There is hardly his cinema. The Examiner
- It's a movie, you have to say it so that goes to his heart. taz
- The wonderful feature film La Pivellina Time
- Life is likely closer to the fictional film hardly be. section
- Moving, a film with a big impact. The world
- La Pivellina is a real little discovery with a big heart. kino-zeit.de
- Great recommendation. Germany radio
- Film meets reality. perlentaucher.de
- La Pivellina is without question in a long cinema tradition that leads from the Dardenne brothers Ettore Scola over and Pier Paolo Pasolini directly back to the Italian neo-realism. filmstarts.de
- Welcome cineman.ch in life