Il mio corpo

Teenager Oscar and his older brother Roberto work for their father and collect scrap metal at a dump in Sicily to feed the family, and it's an exhausting job. For Stanley, an African immigrant, the worst seems to be behind him. He has his a residence permit and a friend to share food and memories. In exchange for a Sicilian priest's hospitality, he cleans the church and looks after the garden and sheep. Stanley could leave Sicily and seek his fortune in a country that gives him a real chance, but something keeps him there. A job in the Sicilian hinterland brings Oscar and Stanley together for a brief moment in their lives. "IL MIO CORPO is a moving film that impresses with its decelerated narrative style and authentic images. The strong visual design accompanies the realities of the lives of the two protagonists Oscar and Stanley, which are beyond the norm, whereby the film forms a fascinating mixture of documentary and narrative film. It conveys the gravity of life, the lack of prospects and melancholy to which the protagonists are exposed. Their bodies become the last constant in a hard world. Absolutely worth seeing for a deep understanding of human resilience." (Sooner curator Sarina Laudam) "Pennetta’s graceful, 80-minute third film, selected as part of Cannes’ ACID section, feels like a culmination in more ways than just length, as it also finds his aesthetic philosophy at its most refined." (Variety)