30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

By itself, one nut makes no noise, but many nuts in a bag ring out. With this spirit, Fabrizio founded the Ringing Nuts Tribe in the isolation of the Marche hills, a community of which he and his son Siddhartha are the authentic heart. In an old farmhouse, devoid of electricity and all the comforts of modern life, man and child welcome guests who from time to time stop for a few days or entire seasons, to participate in the simple life in contact with nature that the two lead. However, Siddhartha is growing and preparing to take the fourth grade advancement exam, while discovering the company of his peers and increasingly fleeing that of his father. In a summer with a placid and luminous appearance, tensions and conflicts simmer, which the directors investigate from a distance and with respect. Amongst the hills and the woods there is a universal history, always the same yet always new, of those who confront life and those who, on the other hand, wait for the evening to fall.

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  Lorenzo Raponi

  Lorenzo Raponi, born in 1986, trained at Officine Mattòli, where he collaborates as director and editor, as well as a teacher. Noci sonanti, made with Damiano Giacomelli, is his debut feature film.

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  Damiano Giacomelli

  Damiano Giacomelli was born in Tolentino, a province of Macerata, in 1983. After his start as an independent filmmaker, he founded the Officine Mattòli, a centre for training filmmakers and film production, in his native city. Since 2010 he has been responsible for the artistic direction of the Borgofuturo festival.