Megalopolis

Megalopolis

original title:

Megalopolis

production:

Rai Tre

country:

Italy

year:

2008

film run:

113'

format:

Digi Beta Pal - colour

status:

Ready (26/04/2008)

festivals & awards:

MEGALOPOLIS is a representation of the global cities of the XXI century, of the visible and invisible cities, about the relations and the solitudes of the human beings. During a day of a common day unfolds stories and images of six megacities: the stories of the students of a madrasah, two afghan profugees and a group of bloggers in Karachi; an escort girl and a priest in Sao Paulo; an homeless, a couple of adolescents, a young wishful suicide and a group of girls of Shibuya in Tokyo; a picker of garbage and a young secretary that decides to wear a veil in Cairo; Mr and Mrs Shenzhen, a couple of two old unemployed and two young girls looking for a job in Shenzhen; policemen of LAPD and LASD and a street gang in Los Angeles.