Berlin Festival, «Disco Boy» Silver Bear for best artistic contribution – Corriere.it

Disco Boy, Giacomo Abbruzzese’s first work, received theSilver Bear at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival for the Best Artistic Contributionespecially for the amazing photography by Hlne Louvart. The film, co-produced by the Italian Dugong Films, stars Franz Rogowski, newcomer Morr Ndiaye, activist artist Latitia Ky and Matteo Olivetti. The soundtrack signed by the star of electronic music Vitalic. To the director, the 39-year-old from Taranto James Abbruzzese
, the Kino and GCHR Prize for Human Rights was also awarded in recent days, which for the first time in its history has been awarded to an Italian author. Disco Boy a France/Italy/Belgium co-production e will be released in theaters on March 9 distributed by Lucky R
and. Aleksei, a Belarusian fleeing his past, reaches Paris and enlists in the Foreign Legion to obtain a French passport. In the Niger Delta, Jomo, a young revolutionary, fights against the oil companies that have devastated his village. Sister Udoka dreams of escaping, aware that all is now lost. Their destinies will intertwine, beyond the borders of life and death.