Riondino, my father is a ghost out of necessity

Posing as ghosts to terrorize the new tenants of the house from which they were evicted, so as to remain as invisible tenants, strategically hidden in the attic. It is the creative housing solution of a widowed father, Valerio (Michele Riondino), who has not recovered from mourning, and of his seven-year-old son, Carlo (Orlando Forte), convinced that he is in the middle of a game to win (" the inspiration comes from Life is beautiful "says the director) at the center of Our ghosts, the dramedy by Alessandro Capitani that debuts at the Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori / Notti Veneziane, and then arrives in the hall from September 30th with Fenix ​​Entertainment and Europictures. "I couldn't wait to play a father to use my experience as a father of two little girls - explains Riondino-.For me it was important to work on the difficulty of being a parent, on the doubts that sometimes one feels. "The film, mixing genres, also deals with another important social theme such as domestic violence. Myriam (the extraordinary Israeli actress Hadas Yaron), wife on the run from her husband (Paolo Pierobon) with her one and a half year old daughter, Emma. The woman rents the disputed apartment, creating an ever deeper relationship with the two fake ghosts. "My character is that of Orlando are a father and a son who live in a condition of unexpected poverty, they have become 'invisible' but are forced to show themselves to occupy their own house - adds Riondino -. Thus they end up invading the territory of another loneliness. Between these two solitudes there is a game of mirrors,each shows himself to the other to recognize himself ". Myriam" finds in her daughter the strength to react to the violence she has suffered - explains Hadas Yaron -. She knows that if she does not abandon her husband she also puts her child in danger. He feels weak, but he must be able to be strong to protect her. "Capitani, in his second film after Traveling with Adele (starring Alessandro Haber, here in the role of an irritable ex-soldier), had the inspiration for the story from work for the Rai3 program The Ten Commandments by Domenico Iannacone: "We made an episode on executive evictions, accompanying a bailiff with the carabinieri and a blacksmith. Therethey were human stories that had very impressed me and on returning home I began to fantasize about what could have happened if an evicted person had only pretended to leave ... ". The director wanted to talk about the importance of having" a second chance in life to get out of a difficult period that can happen to everyone. "The inspiration for the tone of the film comes from the" Italian comedy. Perfect films in their mix of genres and in their ability to make people think ".Perfect films in their mix of genres and in their ability to make people think ".Perfect films in their mix of genres and in their ability to make people think ".