Bar Mario il film

<p>For more than <strong>70 years</strong>, between Italian and Austrian border, in the middle of dolomites, a bar with the shape of a ship is a meeting place for the people of Rencio quarter in Bolzano.</p> <p>In Bar Mario the customers feels at home. That&rsquo;s because Bar Mario is situated in the house of the family that runs it.</p> <p>Marina, Roberto and Paolo lives here. <strong>Only one door</strong> separates the bar from the rest of their house.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Pedicure_mod_ridotta-1445696464" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/244201/pedicure_mod_ridotta-1445696464.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Few meters next to Bar Mario there is Zelig, school for documentary films.</p> <p>We are a filmmaker that graduated at the Zelig, since three years we are working to produce a documentary about this special place.</p> <p>Our intention is to tells Bar Mario reality through the eyes of the <strong>capitan of the ship: Marina. </strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Il_saluto_del_capitano-1445696773" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/244202/il_saluto_del_capitano-1445696773.JPG" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>She is a middle aged woman that despite of difficulties never lose her smile and her playful mood. Marina&#39;s daily life shows us the courage of a <strong>woman/wife/mum </strong>that runs the bar, take care of her husband Roberto, and at the same time raises a son that is regarded &ldquo;special&rdquo; by society.</p> <p>Since he was born, Marina&#39;s son Paolo, has been affected by psychophysical diseases. After an unsuccessful operation when he was 18, the doctors said he would never walk again.</p> <p>But <strong>Marina never gave up</strong>:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;<em>Paolo sat all the time on the wheelchair staying with the customers in the bar. We spent time trying to stimulate movement in his feet with a little ball. One day he began to move his big toe, and after a few months he could walk without any support&rdquo;.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Paolo_giusta_ridotta-1445696978" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/244205/PAOLO_GIUSTA_ridotta-1445696978.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Bar Mario is a place where <strong>diversity</strong> is accepted and lived as an <strong>added value</strong>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We want to tell how the division between public and private doesn&rsquo;t exist in Bar Mario. Marina, Roberto and Paolo spend their time with the regular customers as a big extended family.</p> <p>One of these customers is Roland; a 65 year old man who use sandals every day, also when it snows, living like an eremite in a caravan in the middle of the wine yard. He doesn&#39;t have anything, except his collection of 22,000 old shirt buttons.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Gruppo_png-1445698184" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/244211/gruppo_png-1445698184.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In this microcosm the stories are intertwined making a <strong>tragicomic portrait</strong> of this place comes into life.&nbsp;</p> <p>Reality and fiction are mixed together, a <strong>real comedy</strong> where the protagonists interpret the part that life gave them.</p> <p>In a society where every person is alone, where relationships often are undervalued. <strong>The necessity</strong> to document place which are going to disappear, like Bar Mario, <strong>is impelling.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>OUR TEAM</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;I HAVE A FANTASTIC IDEA!!!&rdquo; (typical director) <strong>Stefano Lisci</strong></p> <p>Well, I have to admit, I might have skipped some lessons to go to Bar Mario. The morning always begun with an espresso, a chocolate croissant and then I stayed all day long. Maybe it&rsquo;s because as a child I spent a lot of time in the shop where my mother was working, and my grandmother lived, just like in Bar Mario. I fell in love with this place and that&rsquo;s why I choose to make a film about it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;A PERFECT COUPLE&rdquo; (when love is in focus) <strong>Ben and Lilli</strong></p> <p>Together, both on the set and in life, <strong>Beniamino Casagrande,</strong> the DOP, and <strong>Livia Romano</strong>, the focus puller, took care of&nbsp; Bar Mario&#39;s look.</p> <p>The biggest challenge was to become &ldquo;invisible&rdquo;. We were able to capture the spirit in this small place, using heavy equipment, usually used for big productions.&nbsp;</p> <p>We broke the myth that when shooting a documentary, you have to use light and small equipment.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;SILENCE PLEASE!&rdquo; (ahh sound men!) <strong>Ambrose Siyanga Mbuya</strong></p> <p>The sound of the coffee machine, burr of the fridge, gurgle of the washing machine and shouting people was daily challenges of Bar Mario&#39;s ambient sound.</p> <p>We managed to record the protagonists dialogues clearly. It was a big success!&nbsp;</p> <p>You will hear!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="Img_9490-1445699283" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/244216/IMG_9490-1445699283.JPG" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Follow us on Facebook:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BAR-MARIO-il-film-443175375807481/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/BAR-MARIO-il-film-443175375807481/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>