Who Saw Him ( Chi l'ha visto )

Who Saw Him (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Chi l'ha visto
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
89 min + 77 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Claudia Rorarius

Written By:
Claudia Rorarius

Actors:
Gianni Meurer ..... Gianni
Paul Kominek ..... Paul
Gloria Viagra ..... Herself

Synopsis:

At first sight, young Berliner Gianni Meurer looks a lot like a southerner, and that's how he feels and acts. The Italian blood coursing through his veins pushes him to take a journey to the unknown in order to seek out his roots and his father, whom he last saw 25 years earlier. Besides faded childhood memories, the only reminders he has of his dad are a few letters and a photograph. Gianni sets out for Rome, showing the photo to everyone he meets on the way in the hope that someone will eventually recognize his dad. In this remarkable debut, German director Claudia Rorarius, who has ample experience making documentaries, blends fiction and reality, biography and drama. Who Saw Him - a road movie about a trip the protagonist must take in order to move on with his life - is based on improvised dialogue and wonderful acting performances from well-known musician Paul Kominek and, above all, Gianni Meurer, which is the protagonist's actual name. In Germany he is a popular musical actor who, like Gianni in the movie, is an Italian-German who lost all contact with his father at an early age.

Chi l'ha visto is a haunting, calmly photographed road movie with a clear sense of beauty of the landscapes of North Italy circling around questions of personal as well as national identity. Chi l'ha visto shows how lost family members influence the life of those left behind and even control it. The more improbable the findability of the missing person, the stronger do they determine the "mental maps" of those left behind.

In "Chi l'ha visto", the feature film debut of Claudia Rorarius, we accompany the protagonist Gianni Meurer on a journey from Berlin to Italy. There, Gianni a man in his early thirties, searches for his father he last saw 25 years ago.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 16 June, 2013.