Italy - Love it or Leave it
Italy - Love it or Leave it- Director
- Gustav Hofer / Luca Ragazzi
- Country
- Italy
- Year
- 2011
- Genre
- Documentary
- Scriptwriters
- Gustav Hofer / Luca Ragazzi
- Production
- Hiq Productions
Storyline
Luca and Gustav are two young Italians who over the past few years have witnessd the exodus of many of their friends toBerlin,LondonorBarcelona. Creative, talented people who don’t see a future in their country. They’re fed up with the high cost of living, the lack of job security, the feudal university system, the generally reactionary attitudes and indifference to human rights, the clear sense that you don’t get anywhere just on merit. Tired of a country that appears to be mired in quicksand. Gustav believes the time has come for them to go abroad too while Luca wants to convince him that there are many good reasons to stay, that Italy is full of passionate and committed people who every day carry on a silent battle to change things for the better.
They agree to give themselves 6 months to see if they can fall in love with their country again. They will go on a journey across their boot-shaped land in an old Fiat 500, in search of emblematic stories, anecdotes, people. A road trip to try and understand what’s left of their country, to unravel why it appears to still have the power to make people abroad dream, to make sense of its celebrated past and uncertain future. They’ll discover a country much divided, run through with contradictions, but on the edge of significant change.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Göteborg International Film Festival 2011
Medimed 2012
Docs Gallery
Call for proposals Development
Year 2010
Call number 20/2009
Media support 25,000.00 €
Call for proposals Tv Broadcasting
Year 2011
Call number 20/2010
Media support 42,000.00 €
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2011
Call number 01/2011
Media support 2.460,00€
Netherlands: ARTI FILM VOF
