The land you belong
Date:
January 9, 2023
The land you belong
The land you belong
1st feature
Logline
Elena embarks on a crazy idea. A road trip to Bucharest together with her newfound brother Gerard and her camera, to get to know him but also another Elena, the one left on the other side of the sliding doors.
Synopsis
Elena is an Italian girl born in Bucharest, Romania. She was adopted when she was six months old and is now about to turn 30. When she discovers that she has a brother named Gerard living in Belgium with his adoptive parents, a question that has been swirling around in her head for some time is coming back up: what determines who we are?
To answer this question, Elena embarks on a crazy idea. A road trip to Bucharest together with her newfound brother Gerard and her camera, to get to know him but also another Elena, the one left on the other side of the sliding doors, the one she could have been if she had grown up in the place where she was born.
Director’s Profile
Elena Rebeca Carini, born in 1990, grew up in Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna but studied in Milan, Rome and abroad. She graduated in Visual Arts at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and in Cinematographic Art at the Rome University of Fine Arts, where she realise several short films. Since 2012 he has been training professionally in cinema through practical courses, artistic residencies and experience on set, in different roles, working with authors such as Sergio Rubini, Daniele Ciprì, Manetti Bros., Gianni Amelio and Marco Bellocchio, Mimmo Calopresti. The land you belong is her directorial debut.
Company Profile
Small Boss, is a production company specializing in documentaries for film and TV. It has already created and produced documentaries selected and awarded from several international festivals and broadcast by international broadcasters such as RAI3, SVT, Al Jazeera, GloboTv, HRT, 2M, France Télévision, RTBF, BBC. “On the other side of the story” is the claim that sums up the nature and style of Small Boss: giving voice to stories that are hidden when they are not yet visible to most people, with a captivating narrative style that makes the viewer feel part of those stories.