/ Big Mouth
Big Mouth
Henry Darke, UK, 2010, 35mm, 14'
dom 12 sett, h. 20.30, Teatro Strehler
mer 15 sett, h. 20.40, Parco Piazza Grande
ven 17 sett, h. 15.00, Teatro Strehler
Regista/Director: Henry Darke
Paese/Country: UK
Anno/Year: 2010
Formato/Format: 35mm
Durata/Running Time: 14'
Produzione/Production: Old Harry
Produttore/Producer Lise: Philip Herd, Bertie Guard
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Henry Darke, Harry Wootliff
Montaggio/Editing: Tim Fulford
Fotografia/Cinematography:Niels Reedtz Johansen
Sound Editor:Chris Wilson
Musica/Music: Mat Davidson
Cast: Helen Baxendale, Stuart Laing, Toby Clemence, Paul Hocking, Theo Barklem-Biggs
Distribuzione/Distribution: Henry Darke
Sinossi / Synopsis
Bud ha 19 anni ed è sordomuto. Anche a causa della sua ostinazione, non ha un buon rapporto con la sua famiglia. Il suo migliore amico - anch'egli incapace a udire e parlare - sta per lasciare la città, e Bud dovrà imparare a fare a meno del suo supporto. Tra Meadows e Loach, il giovane Henry Drake pianta le basi nella tradizione del cinema sociale british, rivelando grande freschezza e talento. I due protagonisti, veri sordomuti, fanno il resto. Sceneggiato con Harry Wootliff, autrice di Trip, in concorso al MFF nel 2008.
Bud is 19 years old and deaf and dumb. He does not have good relationship with his family, also because he is so stubborn. His best friend - who cannot hear or speak either - is about to move away from the town, and Bud will have to learn to do without his support. Between Meadows and Loach, the young Henry Drake has his roots in the tradition of British social cinema, revealing great freshness and talent. The two main characters, deaf and dumb in real life, do the rest. Written with Harry Wootliff, who wrote Trip, which was in the competition at the 2008 MFF.
Note di regia / Director's Statement
"Big Mouth was inspired by the real lives of the two main actors who live in my home county Cornwall, both of whom are profoundly deaf. Despite being close friends, they live with their disabilities in different ways but have each has so much energy they are naturally engaging. Although unique characters we felt it was important not to focus on their disability, instead feeling it more appropriate to reconcile that characteristic with a story that is universally applicable to everybody: the quest to find one's self. In this way, the emotion remains accessible to all while also allowing an opportunity to explore the aural-visual relationship in attempting to portray a deaf perspective."
Henry Darke
Anno di Nascita/Date of Birth: 1981
Paese/Country: UK
Biografia/Biography
Nel 2004, la sua prima opera Highfliers sulla sua esperienza al palazzo del mercato nero in Cornwall è stata una delle cinque su settecento a essere letta al Royal Court Theatre a Londra, come parte della Young Playwrights Season. Il dramma gli è valso una borsa di studio alla London Film School, dove ha ottenuto un diploma in Filmmaking. Il suo film di diploma The Lobster Trap ha partecipato a numerosi festival per studenti filmmaker in tutto il mondo, vincendo il Lodz Media school Festival in Polonia, ed è stato notato dal produttore che ha deciso di finanziare il regista per realizzare Big Mouth.
In 2004, Henry's first play Highfliers about his experience of the black market building trade in Cornwall was one of five chosen from seven hundred to be read at The Royal Court Theatre, London as part of the Young Playwrights Season. Highly commended by director Terry Johnson and described by Wilson Milam as "a great example of dramatic theatre". The play earned him a fully funded Skillset bursary to the London Film School from where he graduated in 200 with an MA in Filmmaking. His graduation film The Lobster Trap was selected for the graduation showcase and featured at numerous student filmmaker festivals around the world, including winning at the Lodz Media school Festival Poland, and was noticed by Producer's who secured funding for Henry to make Big Mouth.
Filmografia/FilmographyA season in hell, 2005
A to B, 2006
The Arnold Portraitt, 2006
The Lobster Trap, 2008
Festival/Festivals
Lodz Media School Festival, Poland 2010
