BANAT (THE JOURNEY)
synopsis
Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Clara has just ended a relationship and is about to lose her job at the Bari harbor. Ivo and Clara meet by chance and seem to immediately understand each other. They spend only one night together before Ivo’s departure, but that is enough to create a bond and wanting to meet again. When Clara visit him in Romania, they fall in love. But is exile their only way to happiness?
international title: | Banat (The Journey) |
original title: | Banat (Il viaggio) |
country: | Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Adriano Valerio |
film run: | 82' |
release date: | IT 17/04/2016 |
screenplay: | Adriano Valerio, Ezio Abbate |
cast: | Edoardo Gabbriellini, Elena Radonicich, Piera Degli Esposti, Stefan Velniciuc |
cinematography by: | Jonathan Ricquebourg |
film editing: | Cătălin Cristuțiu |
art director: | Maria Teresa Padula, Adrian Cristea |
costumes designer: | Sabrina Beretta, Angela Tomasicchio |
music: | Assen Avramov |
producer: | Mario Mazzarotto, Emanuele Nespeca |
production: | Movimento Film, RAI Cinema, Parada Film, Ars Digital, Kt Film & Media |
backing: | Mibact's Cinema DG, Media programme for development, Apulia Film Commission, Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Jerusalem International Film Lab, Mediterranean Coproduction Forum of Bari |