The Plastic Cardboard Sonata

The Plastic Cardboard Sonata

76 mins | Aug. 29, 2015

He is a plain estate agent who lives his uneventful life in the anonymous suburb of an unspecified city. Indeed such a showing of "compulsive ordinariness" conceals his predicament of autistic isolation. Therefore, as he attempts to make up the illusion of an ideal world, he daily puts on a pantomime of the "perfect neighborhood", which is painstakingly staged by a group of paid walk on people. While such an artifice seems to help him fulfill his unexpressed love dream, a harsh overwhelming reality forces him to give up his illusions and eventually get in touch with the imperfect human dimension. The Plastic Cardboard Sonata is a story of urban loneliness, featuring lyric suggestions in the context of a paradoxical frame. By means of an accurate use of silence it sketches out the essence of daily life malaise.

The Plastic Cardboard Sonata

76 mins | Aug. 29, 2015

The Plastic Cardboard Sonata
He is a plain estate agent who lives his uneventful life in the anonymous suburb of an unspecified city. Indeed such a showing of "compulsive ordinariness" conceals his predicament of autistic isolation. Therefore, as he attempts to make up the illusion of an ideal world, he daily puts on a pantomime of the "perfect neighborhood", which is painstakingly staged by a group of paid walk on people. While such an artifice seems to help him fulfill his unexpressed love dream, a harsh overwhelming reality forces him to give up his illusions and eventually get in touch with the imperfect human dimension. The Plastic Cardboard Sonata is a story of urban loneliness, featuring lyric suggestions in the context of a paradoxical frame. By means of an accurate use of silence it sketches out the essence of daily life malaise.
Producers
Original title The Plastic Cardboard Sonata
Directors Piero Persello, Enrico Falcone
Writers Alberto Bosani, Piero Persello, Enrico Falcone

Cast

Fabiana Feliziani

as 1st Waitress

Snejana Shandarinova

as Russian Girl

Nicole Petrelli

as 2nd Waitress

Daniele Tammurello

as 1st Thug

Matteo Montalto

as 2nd Thug

Martina Palmitesta

as Kiss Girl

Antonio Mirabella

as Barkeeper

Rimi Beqiri

as 4th Customer

Lorena Scintu

as Female Customer

Monia Rosa

as Woman's with Stroller's Sister

Germana Flamini

as Woman with Stroller

Sandro Luciani

as 1st Customer

Massimo Ceccovecchi

as Man with Dog

Gaia Ceccovecchi

as Daughter of the Man With the Dog