La Giubba
Synopsis
'La Giubba' follows the intersections of five drifters over the course of two summer days in southern Italy. A young Albanian man and his daughter search for a swimming coach who fled their homeland in the 1990s, but instead find an Arbëresh community settled by their countrymen 600 years earlier. Two theatre actors take on a dubious commission to increase audiences in the rural south and traverse the landscape fashioning little theatres of belief, until a Canadian interloper turns up. Employing professional and amateur actors, 'La Giubba' situates its nomadic characters within both the stunning Italian landscape and the history inscribed upon it, visible and unseen.
Official Selection Toronto 2015 - Wavelengths
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Running time
- 90 min Installation piece
- Format
- Installation - HD video with sound
- Director
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Corin Sworn, Tony Romano
- Producer
- Corin Sworn, Tony Romano
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Sales Company
Corin Sworn Representation:
KoppeAstner GalleryGlasgow
Natalia Hug Gallery (DE)
Jülicher Straße 1450674 Cologne
Germany
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