(by Giorgio Gosetti) (ANSA) - ROME, JUNE 07 - The Italian public knows the name of Erik Gandini (award-winning Italian-Swedish documentary filmmaker) above all for the success of Videocracy, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2009 and dedicated, lively controversy, to the phenomenon of Berlusconism in the society of appearance. In fact, Gandini, who teaches documentary cinema at Stockholm University, has directed and produced many appreciated works such as The Swedish Theory of Love in recent years and now returns to Italian screens with AfterWork co-produced with Propaganda Italia and Rai Cinema, distributed by Fandango from 15 June.
His journey to Italy starts from the Casa del Cinema in Rome but will continue with the Italian premiere at Biografilm in Bologna on June 11 when After Work will lead a special section of the program with three titles dedicated to the theme of work. "For some time - says Gandini - I have the recurring nightmare of reaching the end of life realizing that I have worked too much, that I have left no room for anything else, from my children to different passions and experiences. Yet I am part of a privileged minority that works in the field they love, doing things I believe in. But how many of us can live like this? According to Gallup research, we are about 15% of the world's total working population. I started from this thought to make a journey around an idea: what place should work have in our lives today? Is there a recipe for making sense of work? I didn't find answers in this film, but I found many stories and many questions."
After Work follows several protagonists to the four corners of the world: from America where work is a common obsession without which it seems impossible to live, to Korea where this productive obsession is becoming a social disease, from Kuwait where all citizens have the guarantee of a lifetime job but are just as many unhappy to Italy. "The paradox of work - reflects Gandini - is that many people hate their work but are much more unhappy if they do nothing. I tried to understand why." (ANSA).
After Videocracy, Gandini's new film about work
2023-06-07T15:43:32.750Z
Highlights: Italian-Swedish documentary director Erik Gandini returns to Italian screens with AfterWork. Gandini, who teaches documentary cinema at Stockholm University, has directed and produced many appreciated works such as The Swedish Theory of Love. After Work follows several protagonists to the four corners of the world: from America where work is a common obsession without which it seems impossible to live, to Korea where this productive obsession is becoming a social disease. "The paradox of work is that many people hate their work but are much more unhappy if they do nothing," says Gandini.
The Italian public knows the name of Erik Gandini (award-winning Italian-Swedish documentary director) above all for the success of Videocracy, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2009 and dedicated, amid lively controversy, to the phenomenon of Berlusconism ... (ANSA)