The pain and the desire to return to excite, the strength of emotional ties, the salvific power of art and work in the history of training and redemption of “The House of the looks”, debut at the direction of feature film by Luca Zingarettifreely inspired by the homonymous, the first autobiographical novel by the poet Daniele Mencarelli (Mondadori, 2018).
In the room from April 10 with Lucky Red, after the preview of the last Film Festival in Rome (“Grand Public” section) and the recent participation in the Bifest, the film by the Roman actor has one of the most promising faces of Italian cinema, Gianmarco Franchini (“Adagio” by Stefano Sollima), In the role of twenty -year -old Marco, son of a tram driver (Zingaretti), with a strong talent for poetry. But equally strong is his dependence on alcohol and psychotropic drugs, developed after the death of the mother (a Cameo of the Messina actress Katia Greco), which compromised studies and relationships, including the relationship with the girlfriend. When, following a road accident by state of intoxication, the boy is sent to work for a cooperative who performs cleaning at the Bambin Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome, he is convinced that the hospital routine will kill him; Instead, it could prove to be the opportunity for a new balance.
“For ten years I had the desire to tell a story behind the camera – Zingaretti tells us, who met the Messina public on Friday at the Apollo multiplex -. I started working on it when I came across “everything asks for salvation” by Mencarelli himself (novel from which the Netflix series of the same name was taken). From there I found the story of “La Casa degli Siggi” and I said it was the right story to make this experience ».
A multi -dimensional moviein which Marco’s story becomes reflection on mental and relational discomfort, but above all on the relationship with oneself, where beauty and his salvific power express themselves at every point of history. “” The House of the looks “speaks of the extraordinary ability that we humans have to put ourselves standing again after life has taken us to beatings. All of them have had experiences of this type. Then at a certain point, while you are there in the dark, you see a light in the distance and you understand that that light is the exit from the tunnel; And then take a path that will bring you back after a while, citing Alighieri, “to see the stars” ».
But where does that beauty that leads to rebirth lies? «The beauty – continues Zingaretti – I think it expresses itself in the saving ability of friendship and lovefundamental when you have to get back on your feet; As happens in Marco’s slow rediscovering through the other characters of the film and a job that puts him in contact with his limits, placing stakes functional to personal growth ».
Zingaretti narrates all this with sobriety and measure, avoiding emphasis or stereotypes on dependence or hospital life and taking the distances from easy pedagogical suggestions: “The boys educate through the example, not to chatter – he adds -. Marco’s father decided to educate his son by making his life a testimony. He says to him: “As a simple man who I am I don’t have the tools to put your hand to your discomfort, but know that for you I am there“. And when you are lucky enough to have someone who tells you this, you are a person save».
The open ending, with a recovery on the lights of dawn, could suggest the happy ending?
«At one point the boy decides not to kill himself with the shoots. He goes to his father, he wants to be safe and above all starts to write again. It could be a happy ending. But…. “There is no certainty of the diman”».
Written by Zingaretti with Gloria Malatesta and Stefano Rulli, “La Casa degli Siguardi” is a Bibi Film and Clemart production with Rai Cinema, Stand by Me and Zocotoco.