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IL GABBIANO PIÙ INUTILE DEL MONDO

by Giuseppe Lanno

synopsis

A conversation without barriers with painter Igor Scalisi Palminteri becomes a journey about freedoms, from being acknowledged as possessor of vision to the freedom of expression, from access to art as far as the possibility of becoming a saint. A dialogue that opens a window on the artist's mural works mainly carried out in high social risk neighborhoods and on what it means to become oneself. A Palermo (Sicily) always seen from far away or from very close, is the background to the colorful itineraries, sometimes emotionally hard and sometimes playful, that are grafted onto the exploration of artistic and personal identity by both the director and his interlocutor. The personal history of the painter, with his past as a Capuchin monk, the everyday places, the studio, the neighborhoods, improvised dances on a pier, the surface of a building with a blind façade, the pigments exposed to a calculation of probability, the aerial platform, are all possible places to cross the threshold of the search for freedom.

original title: Il gabbiano più inutile del mondo
country: Italy
year: 2022
genre: documentary
directed by: Giuseppe Lanno
music: Angelo Sicurella

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