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The Challenge



Director - Giuseppe Ferlito


Genre -

Duration - 3 minutes 59 seconds

Country - Italy

Language - Italian

Year - 2021



SYNOPSIS : Giulio, a 75-year-old widower, wakes up bored, like every morning.

When he realizes that it is Saturday he gets up with renewed enthusiasm: it is the

day of the cards game challenge with his firend Osvaldo!

That sense of challenge makes him feel alive, he rejuvenates him: he became

his reason for living.

It's under 3 points. Last Saturday he lost: what anger!

Coffee, shaving, lunch. At 2.45 pm he is seated at the bar table.

It's 3.05 pm, Osvaldo is not there. He won: the contestant who is not present at 3.00 o'clock loses that Saturday’s point.

Inner satisfaction, but also a veil of melancholy.

Osvaldo did not come.

Giulio knows he will not even come next Saturday.

He knows that his friend will not come anymore: Osvaldo died two days before.

Giulio can't accept it: 3 weeks and he will be ahead.


AND THEN?


A deep sadness grows within him, but he must hold on and he'll win that match!


DMOFF AWARD -

Official Selection April 2021

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