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Overview
- Director: Matteo Tortone
- Story by: Matteo Tortone, Zelia Zbogar, Daniele Gaglianone
- Screenplay by: Matteo Tortone, Zelia Zbogar
- Script consultancy: Raphaëlle Despleschin
- Cinematography: Patrick Tresch
- Editing: Enrico Giovannone
- Production: EiE Film, Malfé Film, Wendigo Films
- Countries: Italy / France
- Expected running time: 90 minutes
- Budget: €1.8 million
- Status: applying for production funding
- Support: Creative Europe MEDIA, Film Commission Torino Piemonte
- Selected at: TorinoFilmLab Feature Lab
Synopsis
Thomas, 17, is engaged and planning his wedding. Julia, 16, writes rhymes and dreams of recording her first song. Alex, 17, is a soccer hooligan who knows everyone and takes odd jobs to get by. Around them loom the Towers, the stadium, the prison and a Roma camp. When a multimillion-euro redevelopment project is approved for the neighborhood, the camp becomes the only obstacle. Thomas tries to protect his community, Julia gets the chance to collaborate with a well-known rapper, and Alex is drawn into the orbit of a local criminal leader. After Julia is abused, her pain is twisted into a weapon: the Roma are blamed to justify clearing the camp. As lies spread and violence erupts, each of them must choose whether to flee or resist, tell the truth or uphold the lie.
Intentions
Inverno was born from the urgency to portray a place and a generation at the exact moment they lose their innocence. Freely inspired by a true event, the film condenses racism, violence against women, power imbalances and the links between crime, politics and economics into one narrative eruption.
Matteo Tortone’s approach is rooted in cinema du réel: research in the neighborhood, work with the people who inhabit it, and a screenplay shaped by the bodies, language and lives of real teenagers. The film begins as a suburban coming-of-age story, shifts into crime drama and moves toward collective tragedy.
Violence is not spectacularized: what matters are its effects on bodies, memory, communities and those made powerless by authority. Rap, hip-hop, trap, pop and techno shape the emotional rhythm and identity of the characters.