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  • 90'
  • Italy
  • 2017

Look up, because down here it's always the same. That’s the standpoint of this playful fantasy, the first full-length feature by Fulvio Risuleo, who has previously seen his short work crowned at Cannes.

The young baker, Teco, looks exhausted. But then, during a cigarette break on the rooftop, he sees something curious that irresistibly attracts his attention.  A strange seagull falls from the sky a few houses away. Teco climbs over the fence and sets out to investigate. "Tell the boss I’m ill," he calls to his surprised colleagues.

That’s the start of his escape from the straitjacket of everyday reality, an amazing voice of discovery filled with strange encounters. The labyrinth on the roofs of Rome turns out to shelter a shadow world with surrealist elements. Following in the footsteps of Alice, Teco finds a secret wonderland which could have been conceived with the pleasure and uninhibited imagination of a child.
 

Director
Fulvio Risuleo
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Italy
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
International title
Look Up
Language
Italian
Producer
Donatello Della Pepa
Production Company
Revok Film
Sales
MK2 films
Screenplay
Fulvio Risuleo, Andrea Sorini
Cinematography
Juri Fantigrossi
Editor
Ilenia Zincone
Production Design
Gianni Coletti
Sound Design
Francesco Lucarelli
Cast
Giacomo Ferrara, Aurélia Poirier, Ivan Franek
Director
Fulvio Risuleo
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Italy
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
International title
Look Up
Language
Italian
Producer
Donatello Della Pepa
Production Company
Revok Film
Sales
MK2 films
Screenplay
Fulvio Risuleo, Andrea Sorini
Cinematography
Juri Fantigrossi
Editor
Ilenia Zincone
Production Design
Gianni Coletti
Sound Design
Francesco Lucarelli
Cast
Giacomo Ferrara, Aurélia Poirier, Ivan Franek

Programme IFFR 2018

Bright Future

A selection of discoveries for the future. Emerging talent with original subject matter and an individual style. Includes the Bright Future Competition for first feature films.

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