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LAST WISH

US Premiere

Director: Alessandro Maresca

Italy, 2005, 2 min

Shooting Format:MiniDV

Festival Year:2011

Category:Narrative Short

Cast:Lisio Castiglia, Alessandro Maresca, David Roland

Crew:Original Music: Stefano Profeta - Cinematographer: Alessandro Maresca - Film Editor: Roberto Carluccio

Synopsis

John Black, 33 years old. The last minute of his life. He's going to die by electrocution, for a crime he never committed, nor even thought of. Fortunately, at the last second, a blackout saves him. After that he's finally declared innocent.

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About the director

Alessandro Maresca was born in Rome, Italy in 1968. Director, writer, photographer, and actor, Alessandro is also author of short stories, poems, and songs.

Filmography

Filmmaker's note

I often thought about the dramatic problem of a person being accused of a crime he never committed. Personally, I was also once mistaken for someone else, fortunately without any legal consequences. And though I've almost been killed by a junkie on that unlucky occasion, I am, morally and logically, against the death penalty, the cold heaviness of which I wanted to oppose with the lightness of fate's irony.

Notes

Director Alessandro Maresca will be available for Q&A after the screening.

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