Il pazzo di Dio
12 May 2024 | 15:30
Palazzo del Turismo
Early 1970s: Don Benzi is a visionary dreamer convinced he can change the world, but no one gives him credit. With the help from a group of volunteers, he carries out projects and opens shelters in Italy and around the world. In particular, in the 1990s, Don Oreste, despite the criticism and disbelief of people, brought to light the drama of forced prostitution. From that time until his death in 2007, Don Oreste never stopped fighting for the last of society.
The film aims to tell the story of who Don Benzi was and how he changed the way we see things. A political, social and cultural revolution, that of Don Oreste, which the documentary traces over time, dwelling in particular on the late 1990s, years in which this man of faith and resistance was particularly active, especially in assisting and dialoguing with sex workers involved in the trafficking of the exploitation of prostitution.
Production: Coffee Time Film S.r.l.
Regia di Kristian Gianfreda
90'
Italy
2024
He has been involved in social work since his youth, and in 1997 he met the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII. In 2001 he also began his audiovisual experience, and in 2005 he collaborated in writing and making documentaries for television for Antonio and Pupi Avati’s 2AFILM, then in 2009 for Luca De Mata’s “L&C” he participated in the production of the RAI documentary series “La valigia con lo spago” and in 2011, again for Luca De Mata’s “L&C”, he made the RAI documentary “Musulmani Europei”. Since 2002 to present day, he has been production manager and director at “Audiovisual Apg23” for the Pope John XXIII Community, for which he also curates events and awareness campaigns. During these years he has dedicated himself to producing and directing numerous documentaries, short films and social commercials.