Sailing Home

Director: Vincenzo Marra
Screenplay: Vincenzo Marra
Photography: Ramiro Civita
Music: Andrea Guerra
Cast: Salvatore Iaccarino, Aniello Scotto-D'Antuono, Giovanni Accarino, Abdel Aziz Azouz, Roberta Papa
Editing: Luca Benedetti
Produced by: Amedeo Pagani and Gianluca Arcopinto
International Distribution: Intramovies, via E.Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome, tel. +39 06 8077252, fax +39 06 8076156, e-mail mail@intramovies.com
Year: 2001. Running Time: 88'

Life is hard for a group of Neapolitan fishermen living in Sicily. In an attempt to increase their haul, Salvatore, the captain, pushes his men into African territorial waters, endangering their lives so they decide to return to the Flegrea area near Naples, which is where they originally came from. They want to start again. Franco, the youngest of the group, wants to abandon the whole thing and try his luck in America with his fiancée Rosa. Salvatore has to deal with the Camorra and local fishermen who are not happy that he has come back. Rosa is accidentally killed by a young boy and Franco is shattered. Death is one solution or perhaps he could start over, maybe with a new identity.



	Vincenzo Marra Born in Naples in 1972, he moved to Rome when he was very young but he has remained attached to his city of origin. After high school and initial studies in Law, he got involved in civil matters in Latin America and Northern Ireland. He began working as a sport photographer. He made his debut in the cinema with the short films Una rosa prego and La vestizione ('98). He was assistant director for Mario Martone's theatrical work I sette contro Tebe and the film Teatro di guerra. He was second assistant director to Marco Bechis in Garage Olimpo. Sailing Home is his first long feature film and was awarded the International Critics' Prize at Venice International 2001.