UN ATTO DI DOLORE (An Act of Contrition) - short film about pedophilia in the Catholic Church

Dramatic thriller about pedophilia in the Catholic Church
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Giorgio, a young priest, is reminded of a disturbing and ambiguous encounter from his time in the seminary with Mattias, a priest little older than him. Almost twenty years later, Giorgio decides to investigate the life of the latter. Thanks to a journalist friend, he becomes aware of a pattern of sexual abuse of minors by Father Mattias, and decides to gather the victims's stories in a documentary.
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A Giorgio, un giovane sacerdote, ritorna alla mente un inquietante ed ambiguo incontro, fatto ai tempi del seminario, con Mattias, un prete poco
più grande di lui. A distanza di quasi venti anni, Giorgio decide di indagare sulla vita di quest'ultimo. Grazie ad un amico giornalista, viene a conoscenza di una serie di abusi sessuali su minori da parte di don Mattias, e decide di raccogliere le testimonianze dei ragazzi in un documentario.

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CAST
Emilio Puggioni (Father Giorgio)
Alessandro Spedicati (Father Enrico)
Ugo Garau (Sandro)
Gianluca Medas (Father Massimo)
Delphine Perrodin (Sister Jaqueline)
Gabriele Farci (seminarian)

Victims:
Francesco Casu
Francesca Murgia
Michele Orani
Chiara Aru
Davide Careddu
Franca Conradis Jansen
Claudio Orefice
Silvia Serci
Giulia Muroni
Veronica Puddu
Giovanni Trudu
Emilia Agnesa
Roberta Bernardini

CREW
Written and Directed by JOE BASTARDI
Director of Photography CLAUDIO MARCEDDU
Original scores composed by STEFANIA SECCI
Costume director STEFANIA GRILLI
Set designer MICHELA VARGIOLU
Head make up artist ANNA LAPA
Make up artists ROBERTA PICCIAU, LUCA TROIS
Hair stylist ANTONIO MURTAS
Script girl STELLA LA BOCCETTA
Assistants director STELLA LA BOCCETTA, MICHELE CINUS
camera operator DANIELE DE MURO
Still photographer DAMIANO PICCIAU
Floor sound engineer EDOARDO SIROCCHI
Costume designer assistant LAURA ZEDDA
Assistants production FRANCESCA EBAU, DAVIDE MELIS
Key Grip EMANUELE LAI
Edited by JOE BASTARDI
Sound editor ANDREA ARU
Mix and mastering ANDREA ARU
Sound supervisor CLAUDIO MELONI
Vfx by FRANCESCO PUDDU

The "MISERERE" is performed by
Stefania Liori, Francesca Corrias, Anna Lisa Mameli, Stefania Secci

"MAMAIOLA" is performed by
Stefania Liori, Francesca Corrias, Stefania Secci

"CANTO DELLA MADRE" is performed by
Rossella Faa

Subtitles by Jenniffer Turpeau & Stefania Secci

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