Unexpected (2005)

Original title

Inatteso

Directed by

Domenico Distilo

Genre

documentary film

Country

Italy

Runtime

53 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the process of seeking political asylum in Italy. It follows the experiences of people applying for refuge.

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What happens

Unexpected (Italian: Inatteso) is an Italian 2005 documentary film written and directed by Domenico Distilo. Distilo's diploma film from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Unexpected is a documentary on the demand for political asylum in Italy. It was screened in 2005 at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, in 2006 at Berlinale (section Forum), an Alicante Film Festival, where the movie won the prize as best documentary, at the Arcipelago Film Festival in Rome, where it won the jury's special mention, at the El ojo cojo festival in Madrid, at the Unheard Voices festival in London and many other minor festivals. Poet Erri De Luca composed a poem for the movie entitled Them (Loro). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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