Andrea Segre’s ‘La Prima Neve’ (First Snowfall) will finally be available on DVD.
La Prima Neve, starring Giuseppe Battiston, Anita Caprioli, Roberto Citran, Jean-Christophe Folly, Matteo Marchel, Peter Mitterrutzner, and Paolo Pierobon is the story about a refugee, Dani, played by Folly, but Segre’s not on any soap box with this immigration story. Something tragic has happened to Dani, and we aren’t sure at first what it is. And when he goes to work for a woman played by Caprioli, and her family at their remote Alpine home we know that something bad has happened to them, too.
Tragic and yet hopeful, this immigrant’s story is even better than Segre’s last one, the award-winning Io Sono Li, about Chinese indentured servant Li. It’s a very human, and shows us how alike we all our, no matter where we came from, and how we can help each other through difficult circumstances.
The cast is very strong, all of them, and the kid, Michele, played by Matteo Marchel is amazing. The anger he feels and the depression he’s obviously going through are neither over-acted nor over-played. Where did this child get such a delicate touch for acting?
This film debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2013 and I’ve been waiting for it ever since. You can preorder from ibs.it now and it will be available March 24.
Here’s a couple of our shots from the premier at Venice.
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