Riparo

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Anna and Mara are on their way back to Italy having spent a holiday abroad. As soon as they cross the border they realise that an unexpected passenger - a Moroccan teenager named Anis - has hidden himself in their car. At first they have no idea what they should do with him. But then, they decide to take him home with them. In the beginning, their life together is extremely amicable. Anis soon finds his niche in the couple's life and, for a while, it looks as though they may have found a way of supporting each other in what is an emotionally difficult situation. But the fragile balance of their relationship is short-lived. First Anis loses his job. And then he has to cope with a rebuff from Mara, with whom he has fallen in love. Anna is obliged to look on, helpless, as her idyllic domestic arrangement begins to crumble. 
Director Marco S. Puccioni: "My film tells the story of three people who are incapable of taking part in society in the way to which they are entitled. It is about three people who, by chance, find themselves caught up for a short time in an unusual, undefined family scenario - a community that is not bound by traditional values, functioning rather as a group of individuals undertaking to give their companions comfort and affection." 
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  • Runtime

    99 min
  • Country

    Italy, France
  • Year of Presentation

    2007
  • Year of Production

    2006
  • Director

    Marco Simon Puccioni
  • Cast

    Maria de Medeiros, Antonia Liskova, Mounir Ouadi, Vitaliano Trevisan, Gisella Burinato, Gerard Koloneci
  • Production Company

    Intelfilm
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Feature Film

Biography Marco Simon Puccioni

Born 1963 in Rome, where he studied architecture. After graduating in 1989, he took up film studies at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. After several short experimental and documentary films, he made his feature film debut in 2002 with Quello Che Cerchi. Riparo, his second feature film, opened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007 and toured around the world at over 100 festivals after that. The feature documentary Il Colore delle Parole was in the Orizzonti competition at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Come il Vento, his third feature film had its premiere at the Rome Film Festival 2013 and is co-founder of the filmmakers' association "Ring" and the authors' and directors' guild "100 autori". Puccioni is also an experienced teacher who has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia and at the Volonté Film School in Rome.
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