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International premiere

Ciao Bambino

Local title
Ciao Bambino
Director
Edgardo Pistone
Country
Italy
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
First Feature Competition
Genre
drama, crime film, youth film
Subject
love, death, first love, belonging, child-parent relationships, coming of age, lifestyle, youth, sex, mafia

“Gomorrah” meets Pawlikowski in this beautifully crafted romantic crime story.

A black-and-white debut usually falls into one of two categories: the “I’m broke, and you can tell” kind, and the “I’m going for artsy, and I nail it” kind. Edgardo Pistone’s first film falls by far in the second category. Being a triumph of stylish photography and camera work, it is a pleasure to watch. But this is more than just a pretty film. It’s a tale of passions and unsolvable conflicts that haunt Attilio, a young man from a working-class neighbourhood in Naples, tasked with protecting a beautiful prostitute.

In their world, this is a recipe for forbidden, devastating love – the only kind possible in a criminal underworld where even father-son relationships are subverted, and a 19-year-old boy carries the impossible burden of growing up.

Malaika Bova

Director
Edgardo Pistone
Screenwriter
Edgardo Pistone, Ivan Ferone
Cast
Marco Adamo, Anastasia Kaletchuk, Luciano Pistone, Pasquale Esposito (III), Salvatore Pelliccia, Sergio Minucci, Luciano Gigante, Attilio Peluso, Antonio Cirillo, Rosalia Zinno
Cinematographer
Rosario Cammarota
Music
K-Conjog
World sales
Minerva Pictures Group
Runtime
Language
Italian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Edgardo Pistone

Edgardo Pistone (1990) is an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Naples. His interest in cinema and photography began during high school. He graduated in directing and photography at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples, where he presented his thesis “The tragedy that makes you laugh, the farce that makes you cry”. After graduating, he began working as a director, photographer and screenwriter, and also began teaching filmmaking in the outskirts of Naples, bringing the art of cinema to the younger generations of his city. In 2020, Edgardo Pistone won the Best Director award at the 35th Venice International Film Festival for his short film “The Flies”.

Per un'ora d'agmore (2013, short), Il viaggio premio (2017, short), Le Mosche (2019, short), Ciao Bambino (2024)

Award for the best film, grant of 5000€ by

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening080201 / Ciao Bambino
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsEdgardo Pistone (Director, Screenwriter)
Q&A duration
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1. Hall Apollo Kino Tasku
Screening094201 / Ciao Bambino
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening163102 / Ciao Bambino
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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