Film off15 | International Documentary Competition
Lala
YEAR: 2023

Director: Ludovica Fales
Italy Slovenia 2023. D. 85′ Sub. Eng
PRODUCTION: Transmedia Production, Staragara
Cast: Samanta Paunković, Zaga Jovanović, Ivana Nikolić, RašidNikolić, Fiorello Miguel Lebbiati, Paola Michelini
Screenplay: Ludovica Fales
Photography: Valentina Summa
Editing: Adelina Bichis, Asher Tlalim
Costumes: Sara Marcucci
Set design: Brunella De Cola
Music: Bruno Franceschini
Live sound: Gian Domenico Petillo

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SYNOPSIS
Zaga is a Roma girl, born and raised in a camp in Rome. We met her at the age of 17, when she lived with her son in a flat in the Tor Bella Monaca neighbourhood and began filming her attempt to obtain a residence permit. After more than a year of attempts, Zaga realised she had no right to obtain documents and decided to leave without a trace. In search of answers to her disappearance, the director wrote the script for a fictional film asking Samantha, a young non-professional Roma actress, to play the role of LALA, Zaga’s alter ego. Together with Samantha, there are other young people, mostly Roma and Sinti, who for two years met in a theatre improvisation workshop during which they deconstructed the script, shaping the scenes on their own experiences and subjective truths. In 2021, Zaga reappeared, traversing the world of the film that had been created in the meantime and from her.
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