PRIVATE

Synopsis

Mohammad's family lives in an isolated house situated halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house lies in the crossfire between the two opposing sides. For this reason the Israeli Army decides to invade the house.

Although Israeli soldiers occupy the second floor of the house, Mohammad refuses to leave. Reinforced by his strong principles against violence, he decides to find a solution living together with the Israeli soldiers.
This way of living together, soaked in fear, splits the family between those trying to understand the father’s message and those who simply cannot do so. Every family member reacts in a different way to the soldiers' presence in the house and to the father's authority.

Biography

Saverio Costanzo was born in Rome in 1975. He studied communications sociology and got his degree with a thesis on Italian-Americans from Brooklyn. He moved to New York where he made a documentary in episodes on the daily life on the public space of the Milleluci cafe in Brooklyn.

He remained in New York for two years during which he worked as cameraman and writer for documentaries for the production company GVG Usa.

In 2000 he wrote, filmed, directed and edited six episodes of a new docu-fiction set within the red room (emergency resuscitation) of the hospital "Policlinico Umberto I" in Rome. With SALA ROSSA he won the special mention from critics at the Turin International Film Festival. PRIVATE is his first feature film.

Filmography:
2004 PRIVATE
2001 SALA ROSSE, 6-episode doc-fiction
1999 CAFFE MILLE LUD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, doc.