Hide and Seek / Nascondino
(Documentary, United Kingdom / Italy, 2021, 88’, C, En / Fr ST)
by Victoria Fiore
Synopsis
Nascondino follows four years in the life of “scugnizzo”, street kid Entoni as he fights for freedom during a state crackdown on children at risk of entering organized crime. Meanwhile his grandmother Dora, the family matriarch, watches him roam the narrow city streets while confronting her own past horrors. In the city of Naples, a world where nothing is as it seems, dreams and half-truths may be their only chance of survival.
Reviews
“It’s hard to pin down the exact moment I started work on this project, because it all happened very spontaneously. I was hosting a flm workshop. A social worker from the Spanish Quarters Association, who’s also a friend of mine, Eleonora Dell’Aquila, showed me videos of children describing Naples using expressions typically associated with this area, and these children asked me to film the “cippo” [the annual St. Anthony celebrations organized by the Quarters]. We involved them in the project, we gave them GoPro cameras and we asked them to tell us about this tradition. This would become our early material, which we then used to develop Hide and Seek. It was through this experience that I met Entoni. He took a particular interest in the camera. He wanted to shoot Titanic on the beach with his cousin and talk to us about his dreams and his neighborhood. He showed real creativity. » Victoria Fiore, Cineuropa, 2022
Credits
Victoria Fiore
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