The Lives of Mecca

Switzerland / Italy, May 2016
FILM, Documentary, 53 min.

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directed by
Stefano Etter
Written by
Stefano Etter
Status
In distribution

Each of us fights a hard battle every day. Handballers sublimate their personal dramas at the Mecca of Coney Island. As in any discipline, here, too, there are “living legends”: Tom Vitale, Patrick Adams and “Crazy” Johnny are three of them. The shining example of redemption and liberation from lives that seemed cursed from the start. And men who unknowingly reopened a wound in the director's personal life, making him doubt certain difficult stances he had taken. This is the story of the Mecca's players, of their remedy for the ills of daily life, through the sport and through their community.

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World Premiere
May 2016
Original Version
English (italian subtitles),  colour, DCP, 53 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-160F-0000-9-0000-0000-A
Production
Picfilm, CISA Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Nicola Genni, Domenico Lucchini
directed by
Stefano Etter
Written by
Stefano Etter
Cinemato­graphy
Mariangela Marletta
Editing
Amos Pellegrinelli
Sound Editing
Riccardo Studer
Sound Design
Riccardo Studer
Re-Recording Mix
Riccardo Studer
Location Sound Mix
Nik Bedo

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
CISA Conservatorio Internazionale , Picfilm

Worldwide Distribution

Italy
Unafilm Distribution

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