Me and my wall
Director Silvia Staderoli
Countries Italy, France
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
Silvia Staderoli starts a trip to re-discover the memories of her childhood and the territories of her hometown, La Spezia. She lost her own identity when she was a child, as her parents split up and her father got schizophrenic.During her childhood, La Spezia lost her identity, too. Silvia's private space enters a relationship with the urban territory, searching for interferences, bindings and possible correspondences between La Spezia and her childhood, between her parents private spaces and military zones – those spaces that have been taboo for years, untouchable.Such correspondences are now one the echo of the other.
Silvia Staderoli starts a trip to re-discover the memories of her childhood and the territories of her hometown, La Spezia. She lost her own identity when she was a child, as her parents split up and her father got schizophrenic.During her childhood, La Spezia lost her identity, too. Silvia's private space enters a relationship with the urban territory, searching for interferences, bindings and possible correspondences between La Spezia and her childhood, between her parents private spaces and military zones – those spaces that have been taboo for years, untouchable.Such correspondences are now one the echo of the other.