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Theater of Life

Peter Svatek
2016 | 94 min

Prizes and awards

  • Tokyo Gohan AwardSan Sebastian Film Festival 2016

  • Official SelectionAtlantic Film Festival 2016

  • Official SelectionFNC – Panorama International 2016

  • Best Canadian FeaturePlanet in Focus 2016

  • Official SelectionDevour - Food Film Festival 2016

Trailer


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Short Synopsis


Long Synopsis


Director's Statement

Team


Peter Svatek
Director, Producer (Triplex Films)


Photo
Photo : Josette Gauthier




Josette Gauthier
Producer, Executive Producer (Triplex Films)


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Photo : Alberto Bobbera




Annette Clarke
Executive Producer


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Photo : Dave Howells



Promotional Materials

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MASSIMO BOTTURA BIOGRAPHY


CHEFS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT

PATRICK WATSON AND THE BARR BROTHERS – Performing “Like a Rolling Stone”

Images


Massimo Bottura
Elie Yonova
Photo: Elie Yonova

Diners at the Refetorio Ambrosiano Fatou and Fawaz with other guests

Stefi holding her key

Elie Yonova
Photo: Elie Yonova

Canadian Chef –Jeremy Charles

Refetorio Ambrosiano

Plates served - Service
Elie Yonova
Photo: Elie Yonova

Parish Priest Don Giuliano Savina Don Giuliano Savina – Parish Priest. –who convinced Cardinal Scola of Milan and Massimo that the abandoned theatre next to his church was the ideal location for Refetorio Ambrosiano Project.
Elie Yonova
Photo: Elie Yonova


Priest with Stefi and Marco

Refetorio Ambrosiano

Stefi, Marco, Giorgio, at Refetorio


Inside Refetorio Ambrosiano

Massimo talks about Food Waste

Chefs Ferran Adrià and Massimo Bottura

Chef René Redzepi

Chef Alain Ducasse



Christiana with baby

Giorgio Papetti

Food waste from EXPO Milano

Chef Viviana Varese talks with with Stefi and guests

Priest with Jeremy

Fawaz Naser with Don Giuliano Savina, parish Priest

Massimo and Fawaz Naser
Alberto Bobbera
Photo: Alberto Bobbera

A Jordanian immigrant to Italy, and an amnesia survivor, Fawaz is struggling to build a new life and identity.
Alberto Bobbera
Photo: Alberto Bobbera

Addicted to heroin by age 16, Giorgio spent a year in jail on drug peddling charges and a year in a psychiatric hospital. He has pulled his life back together in a remarkable way.
Alberto Bobbera
Photo: Alberto Bobbera

Stefi and Marco have lived together homeless for the last nine years. They live in a small train station near Milan.
Alberto Bobbera
Photo: Alberto Bobbera

Fatou was born in Senegal. As a child she contracted polio. The prospects for the disabled in Nigeria are grim. She fled to Europe as a refugee.
Alberto Bobbera
Photo: Alberto Bobbera

A young refugee from Nigeria, Christiana was forced into prostitution to survive. She managed to escape that trap and begin to build a normal life in Milan as a single mother.

Credits

THEATER OF LIFE
Written and Directed by
Peter Svatek

Edited by
Elric Robichon

Director of Photography
Nicolas Venne

Camera
Giancarlo Migliore
Nicola Baraglia

Photographed by
Giancarlo Migliore
Nicolas Venne
Nicola Baraglia

Produced by
Josette Gauthier
Annette Clarke
Peter Svatek

Featuring
Massimo Bottura
and
(in alphabetical order)
Gastón Acurio
Ferran Adrià
Andoni Luis Aduriz
Alex Atala
Mario Batali
Jeremy Charles
Mauro Colagreco
Alain Ducasse
Luca Fantin
David Hertz
Daniel Humm
Virgilio Martínez
Yoshihiro Narasawa
René Redzepi
Ana Ros
John Winter Russell
The Santini Family
Viviana Varese
Christiana Acha
Stefania Bassania
Fatou Dieng
Fawaz Naser

Giorgio Papetti
Marco Rossi
Salvatore Salici
Eligio Sbarufatti
Emanuele Colombo
Lidia Cristoni
Fabrizia Ferrari
Lara Gilmore
Davide Rampello
Cristina Reni
Don Giuliano Savina

Original Music
Antoine Binette Mercier

“Like a Rolling Stone”
Performed by
Patrick Watson
and
The Barr Brothers

Sound Design and Sound Editing
Mélanie Gauthier

Research and Fixer
Elena Dal Pra

Additional Photography
Matteo Urbinati
Carlotta Marrucci
Marco Caddeo

Sound Recording
Nicola Baraglia
Marco Caddeo
Riccardo Baldoni
Riccardo Napoli

Assistant Director
Giuseppe Carrieri

Production Coordinator
Carlotta Marrucci

Production Assistants
Riccardo Napoli
Barbara Vivino

Still Photography
Alberto Bobbera
Ellie Yonova

Music and Graphics Consultant
Kris Manchester

Translation
Italian – Silvia Accardi, Elena dal Pra, Marija Zivkovic
Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan – Nicolas Gulino
French – Josette Gauthier, Elric Robichon
Japanese – Setsumi Katagiri

Transcription
Daniel Svatek
Marija Zivkovic

LIAISONS

Refettorio Ambrosiano
Cristina Reni
Fabrizia Ferrari

Caritas
Luciano Gualzetti
Marzia Molteni

Osteria Francescana
Lara Gilmore
Enrico Vignoli

Davide Rampello
Tania di Bernardi

Song Credits
“Like a Rolling Stone”
(Italian cover)

Written by
Bob Dylan

Performed by
Misstress Barbara

Used with permission by
Special Rider Music

“Like a Rolling Stone”
(Italian cover)

Written by
Bob Dylan

Performed by
Marco Rossi

Used with permission by
Special Rider Music

“Like a Rolling Stone”

Written by
Bob Dylan

Performed by
Patrick Watson
and
The Barr Brothers

Used with permission by
Special Rider Music

Musicians
String Quartet – Mommies on the Run
Mélanie Bélair, violin
Mélanie Vaugeois, violin
Ligia Paquin, viola
Annie Gadbois, cello
Claude Lamothe, additional cello
Antoine Binette Mercier, steel drums and percussion
Robbie Kuster, drums and percussion
Patrick Watson, piano/vocals
Brad Barr, guitar/vocals
Andrew Barr, percussion

Music Score Mix
Peter Van Uytfranck

Post-Production Supervisor
Jean-François Laprise

Post-Production Assistant
Mylène Augustin

Post-Production Services
Simon Webb

Assistant Editor
Éric Marapin

Head, NFB Coordination and Project Support
Pierre Ferlatte

Digital Editing Technician
Isabelle Painchaud

Foley Artist
Lise Wedlock

Foley Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Title Design
Simon Chénier-Gauvreau
Lian Benoit

End Credits Photographs
Alberto Bobbera

Graphics
Simon Chenier-Gauvreau
Lian Benoit
Mélanie Bouchard

Online Editor and Colourist
Yannick Carrier

Re-recording
Serge Boivin

Senior Production Coordinator
Kelly Davis

Production Supervisor
Mary Armstrong

Studio Administrator
Leslie Anne Poyntz

Legal Counsel
Dominique Aubry
Bruno Ménard

Production Accountant
John Chretien

Fiscal and Auditing Services
Hecht, Heft, Lamoureux

Insurance
Globalex

Interim Financing
Banque Nationale du Canada

Executive Producers for Phi Films
Phoebe Greenberg
Penny Mancuso

Associate Producer for Phi Films
Emmanuelle Héroux

Executive Producers
Josette Gauthier
Annette Clarke

 

Produced with the Participation of
Rogers Documentary Fund

 

Produced in Association with

phiFilms
A National Film Board of Canada – Triplex Films International co-production

TriplexFilm

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Media Relations

  • About the NFB

    Founded in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a one-of-a-kind producer, co-producer and distributor of distinctive, engaging, relevant and innovative documentary and animated films. As a talent incubator, it is one of the world’s leading creative centres. The NFB has enabled Canadians to tell and hear each other’s stories for over eight decades, and its films are a reliable and accessible educational resource. The NFB is also recognized around the world for its expertise in preservation and conservation, and for its rich and vibrant collection of works, which form a pillar of Canada’s cultural heritage. To date, the NFB has produced more than 14,000 works, 6,500 of which can be streamed free of charge at nfb.ca. The NFB and its productions and co-productions have earned over 7,000 awards, including 11 Oscars and an Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.

  • About Triplex Films

    Triplex Films is a documentary production house based in Montreal. Founded by producer Josette Gauthier and award-winning writer/director Peter Svatek, it specializes in powerful documentary films about people and important social issues. “We make very few films, because we only make films we’re passionate about, and they take a long time,” says Gauthier. Recent Triplex films include Stolen Babies, Stolen Lives; Targets: Reporters in Iraq; and Takedown: The DNA of GSP.