Dreaming by numbers
58 & 75 minutes, black/white, 16mm
scenario & direction ANNA MARIA BUCCHETTI
camera STEFANO BERTACCHINI
sound BOUWE MULDER
music LUCIO CALIENDO
editor KATARINA TURLER
soundmix PAUL GIES
selection Joris Ivens Award IDFA 2005
International sales: First Hand Films
distribution: Cinema Delicatessen
palmares:
jury award – Planete Doc, Poland, may 2006
jury award – Flahertiana, Russia, june 2006
Vesuvius Award – Napoli, june 2006
2nd prize Ecofilms, Rhodos, june 2006
nomination Golden Calf Utrecht, sep 2006
nomination Prix Arte 2006
festivals: IDFA, Rotterdam, Kiev, Nyon, St. Petersburg, Planete Doc, Cracow, Silverdocs, Ecofilm, Napoli, Message to Man, EBS, Sheffield
Neapolitans supersticious belief in numbers and their power to influence the future can be seen as an attempt to take destiny in your own hands.
Naples has many neighbourhoods with small ricevitorie (gambling offices) . The daily visitors don’t pick numbers ramdomly; for them there is a direct link between the chosen numbers and their attempt to change destiny.
Some play the same numbers a lifetime, because it has a special meaning for them. Others play the numbers corresponding the death dates of family members. And there are those who chose the happy events in their lifes. They believe happiness will -once- be back.
documentary, 2005