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BABYLON SISTERS

by Gigi Roccati

synopsis

Kamla and her parents have just moved in a rundown building on the outskirts of Trieste together with other immigrant families and an old grumpy retired school teacher, determined not to leave his home, when an eviction notice falls on all the residents. While the men react in anger to the landlord‘s threats, the women strive to cooperate and save the destiny of their families through tears, laughs and misunderstandings. In this un-settling situation, little Kamla and professor Leone will become friends against the will of her father, while her mother Shanti will soon reveal a gift, dancing like a Bollywood star. Thanks to a friendly social worker, they come up with the idea of a dance school. The neighborhood will soon be talking about the Babylon Sisters.

international title: Babylon Sisters
original title: Babylon Sisters
country: Italy, Croatia
sales agent: TVCO
year: 2016
genre: fiction
directed by: Gigi Roccati
film run: 85'
screenplay: Gigi Roccati, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Andrea Iannetta
cast: Renato Carpentieri, Nives Ivankovic, Lucia Mascino, Peppe Voltarelli, Amber Dutta, Rahul Dutta, Nav Ghotra, Yasemin Sannino, Xia Yinghong, Jiemin Wen, Lorenzo Acquaviva
cinematography by: Michele Paradisi
film editing: Annalisa Forgione, Giuseppe Leonetti
art director: Anton Spazzapan
costumes designer: Duška Nešić Dragić
music: Peppe Voltarelli
producer: Gino Pennacchi, Sarah Pennacchi
production: Tico Film Company
backing: MiBACT, Antitalent, Banca Generali, Nuovo Imaie, Media Programme, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission

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