Director: Stefano De Felici

Production: Moovie Film Service, Lampo TV, DLQ Creative Factory, Almost Videolab

Producer: Caterina Teoldi, Stefano De Felici

Distribution: Zen Movie

Original Screenplay: Stefano De Felici

Photography: Stefano De Felici

Editor: Stefano De Felici

Original Soundtrack: Phase Duo (Eloisa Manera, Stefano Greco)

Sound Recording: Stefano De Felici

Sound Editing: Stefano Greco

SYNOPSIS

A new skyscraper stands out against the sky amidst massive mirrored buildings and vertical forests, symbols  of Milan’s new skyline. All alone, a man bravely climbs the building, defying the concrete and glass bastions of the new worldly finance. His is an act of civil disobedience at 500ft in the sky, which makes people look uo for a few hours and reflect on the meaning of the slogan “Stay Human”.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

The film recalls an act of civil disobedience that evoked strong emotions in me as well in the citizens who were there. I chose to tell this story while keeping the same point of view I actually had during the action. It was the perspective of a witness – on the ground-  who has a feeling of fear and vertigo just by looking up to a man who is moving at a height of 150 meters. I think the film describes a political as well as poetical gesture. A liberating rite for the pain you feel when you come into contact with the suffering of millions of people in the world, afflicted by wars, hunger and poverty, and propitiatory in wanting to foster empathy among people. We all feel the urge to scream out loud if we are the ones suffering injustice, but few of us manage to raise their voices in front of the suffering of others. And even fewer are those who manage to take action. Although Carlo does not talk during the film, during the making he said something that caught my attention. He quotes the writer Anne Herberts, “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”. Herbert’s words condense much of the spirit of this project.