| DICKTATORSHIP (90 min) Italy |
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Directors: Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi
Producer: Marco
Visalberghi
Description:
To have a penis is to be chained to a madman, wrote
Sophocles, more than 2500 years ago. He was right then and he is
still right today. Donald Trump won the White House despite his
openly misogynist and chauvinistic stands. The sexual abuses against
women of Harvey Weinstein showed that also Hollywood has a huge
sexism problem and the scandal created a worldwide outcry on social
media where women under the #MeToo started to describe their daily
experiences with sexism. Intellectuals, feminists, activists,
Democrats and even some Republicans are asking themselves: how can
this be possible? There is a place in the world that could have the
answers to that question. It’s Italy! The filmmakers use their
homeland Italy as a case-study and look into five pillars that might
hold the answers to their quest: the political system, education,
media, the church and family.
Biography:
Gustav Hofer works as a
freelance journalist and independent filmmaker and for the
French-German broadcaster Arte as a correspondent from Italy. He
co-produced Limbo, a
documentary about immigrants who ended up in Italian detention and
deportation camps (CIE) and how this affected them and their
families. The film is directed by Gustav Hofer and Matteo Calore, in
co-production with ZaLab and in association with RAI 3 and was
nominated for the PRIX EUROPA and won the second prize at the JAPAN
PRIZE.
Luca Ragazzi works as a
journalist, film critic, photographer and independent filmmaker.
Before Dicktatorship,
he directed together with Gustav Hofer several films. Their first
feature doc, Suddenly Last Winter had its premiere at the Berlinale , earning a Special Mention. The
film went to over 200 festivals, winning 20 awards, and received the
Nastro d’Argento (Italian Film critic award) for best documentary. Italy Love it or Leave it was co-produced by NDR-Arte and WDR in association with RAI 3, with
the support of Creative Europe and has participated in over 200
festivals. Their third doc What is Left?
was supported by BLS , RAI 3 and Creative Europe.
Contact Information:
w: https://www.filmitalia.org/en/film/128135/
e: shoshi@cinephil.com
