자상한 부모, 뛰어난 외모와 총명한 두뇌. 세상 부러울 것 없는 소년 마르코. 그러나 우연한 사고로 시력을 잃은 뒤 집을 떠난 마르코는 모든 희망을 잃고 스스로 어둠 속에 갇힌다. 그러나 천사처럼 아름다운 영혼을 가진 새로운 친구들을 만나면서 그들을 위해 누구도 상상하지 못한 기적에 도전하는데…
영화제 소개글. 시력을 잃고 절망에 빠진 한 소년이 아름다운 영혼의 소리를 통해 장애를 극복하는 과정을 그린 감동드라마. 현존하는 최고의 이탈리아 음향 감독인 미르코 멘카치의 실화를 소재로 하고 있다. 실화이기에 더욱 울림이 큰 이 작품은 전세계 수많은 국제영화제에서 관객상과 특별상을 석권, 감동과 재미를 인정받았다.
Synopsis for
Rosso come il cielo (2006)
The film is inspired by the true story of Mirco Mencacci, one of the most gifted Italian sound editors working today, who happens to be blind. A small village in Tuscany, 1971. Mirco is a bright, lively 10-year-old, crazy about the movies - especially Westerns and adventure films. His father, an incurable idealist, is a truck driver. One day, while Mirco is playing with an old rifle, the gun accidentally goes off; the boy is shot in the head. He survives, but loses his sight. At that time, Italian law considered blind people hopelessly handicapped, and did not permit them to attend public school. Hence, young Mirco's parents are forced to shut their son up in a "special school for the blind": the David Chiossone Institute in Genoa. In the beginning Mirco does not accept his new condition. But he is feisty and determined. When he finds an old tape recorder and a few used reels and discovers that by cutting and splicing tape he can create little fairy tales made only of sounds, a brand-new world opens up to him. His new adventure is opposed by the religious authorities that run the boarding school, who are convinced that a blind boy is a disabled person who must not be allowed to harbor illusions. But Mirco will not give up. He continues to fight in every way possible, and he slowly involves his classmates, leading them to rediscover their dreams and capacities. Then one night, with the help of the only sighted child - the daughter of the doorkeeper, with whom Mirco shares a tender friendship - he convinces the small group of boys to sneak out of school and go to the cinema down the street. For all of them, the experience is exhilarating. But the consequences are grim. Mirco is expelled. In the meantime, a broader struggle to change society is taking place outside. 1970's political protests are erupting. Students are taking to the streets. During one of his earlier escapades, Mirco had made friends with Ettore, a blind university student with strong political awareness. Hearing that Mirco has been expelled, Ettore pushes the whole city to mobilize. Students and workers protest in front of the Cassone Institute, threatening to shut down the city's blast furnace if Mirco is not re-admitted. As a consequence, the head of the institute is put under investigation. Mirco is finally re-admitted and granted special permission: to change the year-end show. Instead of reciting the usual religious poems, the children put on a performance of their "fairy tale in sound", before an audience of blind-folded, spellbound parents. Written by Anonymous
* 1975년 이탈리아의 실화를 바탕으로 제작된 영화, 아주 좋은 영화.
* " 원치 않으면 말하세요. 인생에서 가장 중요한 것은 진정 느끼는 것을 말하는 것입니다 ".
* 비투스(Vitus, 2006)와 함께 추천하고 싶은 영화.