Director, set designer, and costume designer for more than 100 shows and operas, Romeo Castellucci lit up the European avant-garde theatre scenein the 1990s. An account of the Italian director’s unique life, this documentary presents his prolific career with archival documentation of rehearsals and European tours that he conducted. Playwrights, composers, choreographers, and actors remember their artistic encounters with Castellucci, engaging in reflection on the deep roots of the theatre and its intrinsically linked relationship with human nature. A documentary that is highly stimulating, both artistically and intellectually.
Also presented:
37th International Festival of Films on Art, Canada (2019)
37th International Festival of Films on Art, Canada (2019)
Director | Giulio Boato |
Author | Giulio Boato |
Cast | Claudia Castellucci, Romeo Castellucci, Silvia Costa, Willem Dafoe, Piersandra Di Matteo, Scott Gibbons, Joe Kelleher, Enrico Pitozzi, Pascal Rambert, Nicholas Ridout, Cindy Van Acker |
Music | Lorenzo Danesin |
Production
Giulio Boato
Giulio Boato, born in Venice in 1988, is film and theatre director. Graduated in Performing arts (IUAV University of Venice and Bologna University), he directs in 2014 his first documentary film, presented at several festivals in Europe, America and Asia, awarded as best film on art at the festival Video Conversations, Rome 2015. He works in cinema and theatre with La Compagnie des Indes (Paris), Alchemy/Phil Griffin (London), Troubleyn et Angelos/Jan Fabre (Antwerp), Socìetas/Romeo Castellucci (Cesena), Dumb Type/Shiro Takatani (Kyoto), Post Scriptum Company (Brussels) et DOYOUDaDA (Venice-Bordeaux) which he co-founded.
Biographies have been provided by third parties.
Biographies have been provided by third parties.
Glass and Bones (2017); THEATRON. Romeo Castellucci (2017); Among Spiritual Guards (2016); Surrender (2016); Jan Fabre. Beyond the artist (2014−2015); Bionet (2014)