René va alla guerra

René Goes to War

by Luca Ferri, Morgan Menegazzo, Mariachiara Pernisa

In a house nestled among the woods of Slovenia lives young René. He spends the summer vacation days playing alone and defending the national borders from an enemy attack. Using his drawings as inspiration, he crafts his toy weapons out of wood, then immerses himself in nature and the camouflaged bunkers left unused from the Second World War, engaging in a strict and imaginative game.

 

Direction's statements

René Goes to War is a reflection on the imagination and the coming-of-age experience of a child who, starting from the archaeological remains of the battlefields of the Second World War and the current media interference in warfare, internalizes and reinterprets, in a time marked by the exploration of the territory and one's own manual skills, a personal and playful interpretation of the greatest tragedy cyclically perpetrated by adulthood.

Country: Italy
Year: 2024
Running time: 19'
Format: DCP, Apple ProRes 422, Blu Ray, mp4 h264
Language: Slovenian
Subtitles: Italian, english
Genre: documentary
Cinematography: Morgan Menegazzo
Editing: Mariachiara Pernisa
With: Rene Mlinar, Anka Mlinar, Andrej Mlinar
Produced by: Andrea Zanoli per Lab 80 Film