A thousand beach cabins, one rotting dream of the Italian middle class.
Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragosto holiday. Centered around a family who goes into debt, three women holding onto the feeling of youth, and a politician seeking votes -- a vanity fair of beachgoers hiding behind the memory of a social status that the economic crisis of recent years has compromised.
Cinematography
Sun-bleached frames that make decay look almost beautiful.
Direction
Patient observation without mockery—rare in class docs.
Director
Giovanni Totaro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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