Goodbye Bagdad
SHORTFILM|20'|COLOR|DPC|2025
a film by Simone Manetti
production 5e6 (ITA) in collaboration with LABA (ITA)
SYNOPSIS
March 2005. Giuliana Sgrena is freed one month after her abduction in Baghdad by a jihadist group. Nicola Calipari, a senior officer of SISMI, personally led the negotiations and managed her release. A car journey towards safety, filled with silences, worries, fears, and hopes.
CREDITS
WITH: Sergio Albelli, Galatea Ranzi and Alessio Praticò
DIRECTED BY: Simone Manetti
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Graziano Chiscuzzu
DOP: Gianluca Ceresoli
LINE PRODUCER: Milena Lenza
EDITING: Simone Manetti
SET DESIGN: Andrea Gentili e Francesco Dioni
COSTUMES: Francesco Dioni
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Piernicola Di Muro
SOUND DESIGN: Thomas Giorgio
FESTIVAL
- Tirana International Film Festival 2025
- Sedicicorto International Film Festival 2025
- FESCAAAL 2025
TRAILER
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