Hanna & Violka
Hanna e Violka, Italy, Poland, 2009, 56 min, DV, Social Issues
Hanna Korszla, one of Italy’s 1 700 000 immigrant carers, has lived in the Salento for three years, looking after Antonio - who is over 80 and suffers from Alzheimer’s - day and night. Violka, her 19-year-old Polish daughter, is out of work. She takes on Hanna’s role as ‘Ntoni’s carer, enabling her mother to return to Poland to visit family. There Hanna comes to terms with a difficult past and a problematical present, while Violka, extremely young to look after such an old man, gets to grips with a stay in Italy which is anything but a holiday.
Director:
Rossella Piccinno
Producer:
Rossella Piccinno
Director of photography:
Rossella Piccinno
Screenplay:
Maggie Armstrong, Nicolas Gray, Rossella Piccinno
Editor:
Rossella Piccinno
Music:
Marco Mattei, Marco Pierini
Sound:
Marco Pierini, Marco Mattei
Languages:
Italian, Roma
Subtitles:
English
Dakhlavision
Via Marconi 122
Italy
73040 Supersano, Italy
Best International documentary Film -
Med Film Festival 2009, Rome, Italy
Best documentary -
Obiettivi sul Lavoro 2009, Rome, Italy
Festival of Italian cinema of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turchia 2009
Bari International Film festival 2010
World Film festival, Tartu, Estonia 2010
Doc in Tour 2010, Bologna, Italy
Best documentary -
Etno Film Festival, Rovigo 2010
Best documentary -
Riace Film Festival, Migrants setion 2010
Best documentary -
Quadra Film Festival - Migranti, il cinema dell''incontro, Fuscaldo 2010