Natale Fuori Orario

Synopsis

Christmas 2047: the Magician, the Giant and the Singer, on the cusp of the end of the world, decide to return to the club Fuori Orario in Taneto, Reggio Emilia, where for many years they performed shows to celebrate Christmas. Their goal is to renew their ancient pact of friendship one last time, which long ago saw them baptised “The Trinity”. On the roof of the vehicle, in a cryopreservation cabinet, a relic is also making the trip home: the manager of the club, who has been in a state of hibernation for 25 years.

COMMENTARY

A mix of comedy and melancholy, fiction and documentary (including old footage of concerts by Capossela at Fuori Orario), director Gianfranco Firriolo and singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela reunite to collaborate on a very unusual and very original hybrid between a road movie and a concert film, an elegy to the unifying power of music while also a reflection on the passing of time, all shot in the extraordinary wintertime photography of Luca Bigazzi.

DIRECTOR＇S STATEMENT

Like with La faccia della Terra, in this work I tried to break away from traditional narrative conventions. I once again asked myself how I could go beyond the classic documentary form, which generally alternates interviews with clips of an artist’s musical repertoire. The catastrophes induced by human stupidity; the growing phenomenon of “cryopreserved” humans; caregivers, who are increasingly indispensable in a world of elderly people, and then, and above all, a reflection on the rituals of parties and music “in person”, and the vital role they play even in moments of darkness. The documentary’s ironic tone is a direct extension of Vinicio’s language, that fine balance of sentimentality and uninhibited irony, the delicate and the visceral.