Film director Chiara Nano will screen her film 鈥淭he Last Niche鈥�, a short documentary on artist Giuseppe Ducrot鈥檚 5-meter-tall Carrara marble statue of St. Annibale Maria of France, installed in the last available external niche of Saint Peter鈥檚 Basilica in the Vatican. The artist and the director will discuss issues on the making of the sculpture and on the production of the film, and answer questions.
鈥淭he Last Niche documents all phases in the creation of Giuseppe Ducrot鈥檚 marble statue. From beginning to end, the statue took 3 years to complete. This artwork is made possible thanks to the close artistic collaboration between the sculptor and his old master.鈥� (Chiara Nano)
Director鈥�s听note
The passages among each stage in the execution of the statue 鈥� from the initial work in clay, to making the fiberglass mold, to working the block of marble until arriving at the finished statue and its installation at St. Peter鈥檚 鈥� correspond visually to changes in the film format from low to high definition digital video, and from 4:3 to 16:9 screen aspect ratio. The sound follows the same pattern, going from mono, to stereo and 5.1.
CAST
| THE SCULPTOR | Giuseppe Ducrot |
| THE MASTER | Vito Cipolla |
| THE ASSISTANT | Giuseppe Laronga |
| THE WORK MANAGER | Umberto Togni |
OFFICIAL SCREENING
Selected by听Centro听Nazionale听del听Corto,听Torino听and听Italian听Ministry听of听Foreign听Affairs听and听International听Cooperation听for the screening program听鈥�10听corti听italiani听in听giro听per听il听Mondo听2017鈥�听(Ten short films around the world 2017).
Selected and screened at the听Palm听Springs听Short听Film听Festival听鈥撎�Market听2016
Screened at the听Italian听Institute听of听Culture听in听London听2015
Screened at听Macro听Testaccio听鈥� Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, from March to May听2015.