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VOLEVO SOLO VIVERE

Out of Competition
Directed by :
Mimmo CALOPRESTI 
Country:
ITALY, USA, SWITZERLAND
Year:
2006
Duration:
82.00 minutes

Synopsis

Nine Italian citizens survive deportation and internment in the Auschwitz death camps. Nine stories through which we follow the most significant events of this harrowing experience: the enactment of theracial laws in Italy, the futile escape attempts, the deportation, the separation from other family members, the miraculous survival in
Auschwitz, and liberation with the arrival of the allied soldiers.

Words that we may not be hearing for the first time, but which narrate the many aspects of these tragic accounts: from the most intimate and personal to the more well-known and cruel. These individuals, through their testimonies, are not afraid to reveal feelings of tenderness and compassion, as well as moments of happiness.

Mimmo Calopresti made this film by viewing and selecting from the hundreds of Italian testimonies collected in the archives of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, as well as archival footage and photographs taken from the personal photo albums of the survivors.
Mimmo CALOPRESTI

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Production

USC SHOAH FOUNDATION INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION (STEVEN SPIELBER - 12 Piazza Adriana - 00193 Rome - ITALIE - T : +39 06 6847 0517 - b.giordano@raicinema.it - http://www.usc.edu/vhi RAI CINEMA (ITALIE) GAGÈ PRODUZIONI (ITALIE) WILDSIDE MEDIA (SUISSE) VENTURA FILM (SUISSE) RTSI (SUISSE)

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RAI CINEMA - Paola Delle Fratte & Anna Pomara - T : +39 0668 470 525 - F : +39 0668 72015 - p.dellefratte@raicinema.it

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The Official Selection 2006

Out of Competition