Manasinata

Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.

Andrew is a 10 year old guy who spends on Sila a short All Saints holiday with her sister Rossana and her mother Elsa, just separated from her husband. Surrounded by nature, knows Luke, son of a powerful and widower man named Don Antonio. Andrea and Luca establish a strong friendship, however, preceded by an argument, but they are overwhelmed by pain that their families flock, especially Luke, who lives in an environment of violence and corruption due to mafia past of his father and where it is also involved brother Saro. After the night of Halloween, where Saro fell in love with Ross, Andrew and Luke assist the killing of Saro near a dam. Luke does not want to live with his father and, with the help of Elsa, convince Don Antonio, who is preparing to leave the house, to stays with them so that he can live in a safe place.

Based on the book by Henning Mankell (Sweden), this story takes place in Mozambique and is about a young boy, Nelio, who loses his entire family during a time of civil war. A wounded Nelio is found by a baker in the capital Mapouto; refusing medical treatment, the boy instead asks for sanctuary so he can tell his terrible tale. This he proceeds to do, starting with how the fighters arrived in his village and slaughtered many, to his captivity, his escape and his teaming with other orphaned street urchins to become their leader in survival.

This film emerged from a number of experiences that we share over the years with Monica Galan, main actress of the film. I took this project with passion, or rather, the project took me. Despite my plans, I found myself writing, thinking, dreaming this universe. The images appeared leading me to the choice of title 'BALDIO'(Wasteland). While it was a sensation, I was very curious to consult the dictionary. Baldío (Wasteland): 1- (land) That is not cultivated or worked. 2- (effort, commitment) That is useless because it does not offer any results. How to convey impotence, the effort of a mother in her attempt to save her son from drugs and show the coexistence of logic and despair when they happen at the same time? How does this same fact reflect the state of things in dysfunctional society?

A simple story about a young widow who becomes the head of the local collective farm and tries to change everything, including her personal life.

The true story of Ed Martin, former chain gang convict who converted to Christianity in prison in 1944 and formed the HopeAglow Prison Ministries. Ron Ormond's dramatized version of Ed's life in prison follows him swinging on a hammer in a chain gang, remembering his life of squalor and petty crime, finding Jesus through the persistence of his future wife Alfreda, and helping other inmates find salvation through his preaching in the prison chapel. The 39 stripes refer to the Jewish tradition of flogging criminals just short of the fatal 40 lash mark.