The creative documentary ‘Scalamara’ tells of the dream of a man of 71 who is still looking for his mother who abandoned him as a child and who has become over the course of his difficult life an unattainable chimera.
“The longed-for upside-down world which haunts the girl’s premature disenchantment is woven through the narrative in a clear and coherent web of symbols" (J.Young - 'Pardo News' Locarno Film Festival)
The film follows a gang of youths who spend every day collecting scrap metal from derelict houses. They live in Pozzuoli, an old fishing village which has repeatedly been hit by earthquakes.