mi nota en la DMAG n. 25

texto y foto por stef en la nueva DMAG... text and image by me, about our movie talking to the trees in the current issue of DMAG, now on Argentine newsstands

 

 

 

on the road with talking to the trees...

guido and ilaria's children, reminding us that it's beautiful to be alive... picture by pietro freddi

sreypich, one of our young khmer actresses, also by pietro... i love this little girl! so brave, so kind

david and stef, waiting for the boat... amo esta foto
mas bellas pix de nuestro rodaje en la camboya aqui
altre belle foto delle nostre riprese cambogiane qui

innocence as world heritage: an interview with ilaria borrelli

children at the muslim village in koh kong, cambodia, where we shot some scenes - ph: stefania fumo

Stef interviewed Ilaria about her new film Talking To The Trees, in which a Western woman has to face the fact that her husband is a child sex tourist. Here is a part of that interview.

Tell us about Cambodia. What struck you the most? What did you learn?

Cambodians are a very sweet, very gentle people and maybe this is why it’s so easy to lure children there into prostitution and in general, to lure people into illicit activities. I’ve thought a lot about this sweetness of theirs, which as Westerners we find so pleasing. Sadly, guilelessness and simplicity can also be a misfortune. You have to learn to defend yourself in life; to be conscious of the horrors that human beings are capable of.

It would be nice if the stronger, more industrialized countries could realize that this openness and naiveté that still survives in some places in the world should be protected on a global level. I’m thinking of the Tibetans, the Burmese, and the Nuba, in Sudan. All of them populations that are being slaughtered, purely for economic gain.

But once we’ve wiped out every last sweet and peace-loving people on earth, that innocence, that cleansing example, will be lost to us forever. We will no longer be able to reconnect with the more beautiful and spiritual part of ourselves. The only ones left will be the cynical, ruthless, materialistic cultures, and we will all be sentenced to becoming more and more monstrous. (SF)

from cambodia to cannes!

A temporary trailer for the new feature film by Ilaria Borrelli and Guido Freddi, Talking to the Trees. One woman's quest to rescue the child her husband had abused in a brothel and return her home to her village. The film will have its first industry screening during Cannes 2012. Trailer by Antony Ford, music by Winter People.

producer GUIDO FREDDI director ILARIA BORRELLI cinematographer DAVID GARCIA VLASITS
editor MARIE CASTRO music GUIDO FREDDI production designer PIETRO FREDDI sound DUCCIO SERVI
script supervisor STEFANIA FUMO second AD PIPHALLAREE CHAMPA first AC ALEXANDER ROBINSON


and this is us, with our heroic Cambodian crew: