A deep friendship, a love that rises and destroys, the loneliness of a shudder that takes your breath
away… this is Bia. The story of five characters that intertwine and double-locked with one another
in a cruel and ferocious context, where the fate is blind. No one even cries, and hope is but a small
heap of dark dust sealed between the bills to pay. Life… and they are just stuck in the middle!
Bia, the protagonist of the story, was not born in the suburbs of Rome, but found herself forced to
know it, to live it and to disentangle herself from it as it has become her world after losing her
parents. She is tenacious and in love but finds herself compelled to come to terms with a decay that
is does not belong to her, to which, however, she must get so much used to to make it hers, and to
develop in her a sense of guilt that will lead her to many other paths, tumultuous and not very
compliant, that will turn her to a person totally different to her being. Her life partner’s, Mel, heroin
addiction, bills to be paid, the risk of eviction and especially a light at the end tunnel ever moving
further away but which still gives Bia the strength to fight and to try; you know how life is
sometimes not forgiving in the least however and the protagonist finds herself having to make tough
choices.
Student project: No
Completion date: 2017-11-05
Shooting format: Digital, 4K, 4:2:2
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Film color: Black & White
First-time filmmaker: No
A deep friendship, a love that rises and destroys, the loneliness of a shudder that takes your breath
away… this is Bia. The story of five characters that intertwine and double-locked with one another
in a cruel and ferocious context, where the fate is blind. No one even cries, and hope is but a small
heap of dark dust sealed between the bills to pay. Life… and they are just stuck in the middle!
Bia, the protagonist of the story, was not born in the suburbs of Rome, but found herself forced to
know it, to live it and to disentangle herself from it as it has become her world after losing her
parents. She is tenacious and in love but finds herself compelled to come to terms with a decay that
is does not belong to her, to which, however, she must get so much used to to make it hers, and to
develop in her a sense of guilt that will lead her to many other paths, tumultuous and not very
compliant, that will turn her to a person totally different to her being. Her life partner’s, Mel, heroin
addiction, bills to be paid, the risk of eviction and especially a light at the end tunnel ever moving
further away but which still gives Bia the strength to fight and to try; you know how life is
sometimes not forgiving in the least however and the protagonist finds herself having to make tough
choices.
Directors: Valerio Nicolosi
Writers: Paolo Verticchio, Val
Producers: Valerio Nicolosi
Key cast: Benedetta Rustici, Riccardo Marotta, Paolo Romano, Davide Gasbarro, Stefania Fattori, Enzo Sacchettino, Silvia Stella, Fabrizio Giorgini
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Student project: No
Completion date: 2017-11-05
Shooting format: Digital, 4K, 4:2:2
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Film color: Black & White
First-time filmmaker: No
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