Une jeunesse italienne
An Italian Youth
Mathieu Volpe
At the dawn of his 25th birthday, Sokuro, the son of Burkinabe immigrants living in Italy, marries Nassira, a young girl from his native village. For him, the marriage is the first step to a future and definitive return to Burkina Faso, but for his new wife, the wedding is the gateway to Europe.
â In the presence of director Mathieu Volpe | đœ Release : 05.07.23 | đż PremiĂšre Mondiale au Festival dei Popoli (Florence, Italy)
STARRING
Abdoul Soukourou Denne
Rassiratou Guienne
Nasire Denne
Fatoumata Guienne
WRITER
Mathieu Volpe
with the collaboration of:
Abdoul Soukourou Denne
Rassiratou Guienne
Pierre-Edouard Jasmin
DIRECTOR
Mathieu Volpe
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pierre-Edouard Jasmin
SOUND
Mathieu Volpe
FILM EDITING
Maël Delorme
MUSIC
Andreas Moulin
PRODUCTION
Replica Films
Mathieu Volpe
Mathieu Volpe (Rome, 1990) was raised by his Belgian mother and his Italian father in Bari, in the South of Italy. In 2009 he moved to Belgium in order to study filmmaking. His shorts have been presented in several international festivals such as Locarno, Torino, Dok Leipzig and Fipadoc. “An Italian Youthâ is his first feature-length documentary.
FILMOGRAPHY
2014 : Il segreto del serpente (short doc)
2019 : Our territory (short doc)