
Secondo Me
Directed by
Austria
2016
79 min
- German
- Russian
- Italian
Documentary
HotDocs Diagonale FF Bergamo MM Lima IFF Odessa IFF Transilvania IFF Fünf Seen FF
Pavel Cuzuioc’s film transforms into heroes people that are usually not even considered as extras: Nadezhda Sokhatskaya at the Odessa Opera, Roland Zwanziger of the Vienna State Opera, and Flavio Fornasa in La Scala in Milan. All three have been working for these world-renowned opera houses for decades. And yet, all three remain completely anonymous. Thanks to Pavel Cuzuioc, they finally take centre stage. The director follows them everywhere: to work, back to their home, to the coffee shop, to the blood donor clinic, or to the gym. Little by little, the film creates a picture of their life beyond the cloakrooms. The camera remains patiently on their trail. It lets them breathe and live. It’s a serene look at three fascinating lives, which in the end are just as exciting as the greatest operas.
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Flavio Fornasa
- Nadezhda Sokhatskaya
- Ronald Zwanziger
- Cinematography
- Michael Schindegger
- Editing
- Karin Hammer
- Sales
- SYNDICADO FILM SALES
- Production
- PAVEL CUZUIOC FILMPRODUKTION
Pavel Cuzuioc
Moldova
Pavel Cuzuioc was born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. In 2000, he moved to Austria where he followed courses on film directing at the Vienna Film Academy. His films where screened at various international film festivals such as Locarno FF, IDFA, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Clermont Ferrand ISFF, Black Nights IFF, DocAviv FF, Transylvania IFF, Cottbus FF, and more.