The Properties of Metals

Program:

Molodist Teen Screen

Year:

2023

Country:

Italy

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

93ʼ

In an Italian village, where the idyllic beauty of the landscape belies the toughness of life, a twelve-year old boy Petro astounds locals by appearing to bend metal simply through the power of his mind. A tender portrait of a young boy, and an allegory of the science of invisible forces.

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Antonio Bigini

Antonio Bigini was born 1980 in Italy. After a degree in Communications Science at the University of Bologna, he worked as production assistant, before debuting as writer and director of films and documentaries. Since 2014 he has worked with the Cineteca di Bologna as associate curator. THE PROPERTIES OF METALS is his feature film debut.

Filmography: Formato ridotto: Libere riscritture di cinema amatoriale (2012), Ella Maillart: Double Journey (2015)

Creative team

Director

Antonio Bigini

Screenplay

Antonio Bigini

Camera

Andrea Vaccari

Editing

Ilaria Fraioli

Music

Simonluca Laitempergher