General Information

Author/Creator

Lazzaretti, Fabrizio, director.

Language

Italian, Spanish.

Subtitles

English, Polish

Published

Italy : Gondolfo, Vanni, 2003.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (77 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00001837

Contents/Summary

Summary

The Turra family lost their exquisite son in Colombia. Giacomo was a poet, an anthropologist, a sensitive and by all accounts loveable boy. But Giacomo was arrested by the police, and died in their custody. The Turras refused to accept the official explanation, according to which, their son had been in possession of cocaine, and acted violently under the influence. For years they tried get justice for Giacomo but failed. Out of the Turras' story, Fabrizio Lazzaretti has fashioned a parable for our times. It seems that you cannot even secure the minute amount of dignity for your dead son. People will lie to you, and otherwise treat you with contempt. Around this revelation the film weaves a depressing tapestry of contemporary Colombia. It appears to be a place so violent that individual actions no longer mean very much. An impassioned, terrifying film.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 01:17:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0026	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0026 (HU_OSA_00001837.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format