original title:
Convitto Falcone
directed by:
cast:
Donatella Finocchiaro, David Coco, Filippo Luna, Marcello Mazzarella, Guia Jelo, Enrico Lo Verso, Vincenzo Albanese, Salvatore Sclafani, Pietro D’Agostino, Riccardo Perniciaro
screenplay:
Pasquale Scimeca, Francesco La Licata, from a tale by Giuseppe Cadili
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
production:
Arbash Società Cooperativa, Rai Cinema, in collabortion with Fondazione Francesca e Giovanni Falcone, with the support of Sicilia Film Commission
distribution:
country:
Italy
year:
2012
film run:
30'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (07/08/2012)
festivals & awards:
Antonio is only eleven when he wins a scholarship and leaves his house in a little village in the Madonie Mountains to study at the Convitto Nazionale “Giovanni Falcone” school in Palermo. But Antonio suffers from homesickness and becomes listless and stand-offi sh. His teacher Mr Carella tries in vain to involve him in working on the school paper which is preparing its commemoration of the anniversary of the Capaci attack. During the school year a football tournament is organised and Antonio decides to fix the deciding match, blackmailing his friend Salvatore, who is going to be the referee. However, doubts and remorse torment him – he is “one of the Falcone schoolboys” as his teacher is constantly reminding him. How can he commit an illegal action on the exact same spot where the judge assassinated by the mafia went to primary school?