New Film Handy 2014 - Starring Franco Nero and Vincenzo Cosentino Official s writing and directorial debut Handy is a brilliant and new perspective on the heroic journey. The Sicilian filmmaker based his first feature film on one of his short films Being Handy. Handy was well received at last years Austin Film Festival and continues to tour the festival circuit with official entries at this years Cleveland and Atlanta film festivals. The story of Handy is a world wind and mystic adventure, a story of love and loss, personal growth and shows the magic of stepping into the unknown, but all from the perspective of a hand. Yes, a hand! It sounds absurd, but remember hands are alive too! In Cosentinos genius and original story, he gives life and emotion to hands, a body part that is taken for granted and almost considered lifeless. They will make you laugh. They will make you cry, and they will inspire! Handy will also make you forget that the lead characters are, in fact, hands. The film proves that Cosentino can give life, depth and character to any object or body part--at a recent exclusive screening of Handy in Beverly Hills, the audiences authentic response of laughter and tears was proof. In a recent interview, Cosentino explained the hard work, inspiration, support and miracles that made this film possible, with highlights of the involvement of legendary Italian actor Franco Nero and its official selection into the Austin Film Festival. What is the most important message of Handy? Vincenzo: Too much freedom put humans in a cage, because when you have too much freedom, you dont know what to do with it. Thats the story of Handy. Its good to be free, but sometimes you shouldnt forget where you came from. So you gotta go back home. Its a journey. The line of the movie sums it up when Handy says, I traveled the world to find that the only place that I wanted to be was home. On my side, the legendary Franco Nero wanted to help me out, acting in my movie for free because he believed in me. He read the script and said, “I love it. Im going to do it”. That gave me a big boost. After I shot and made the visual effects for his scene, he told me he loved it. So all the time I was thinking, This man did more than 180 films and he trusted the guy who never made a feature. Since Franco and my parents believed in me from the start of this film, it means I can do it, no matter how big it is. I created most of my sets and props from scratch, with paper and all different kinds of toys. Another challenge was to make the characters, funny, but not in a vulgar way. Whatever they did, it had to be done as if they were humans. At the same time, I wanted viewers to laugh, because they are not humans. So you dont need to be vulgar. You dont need to use bad words. You dont need to insult people. Making the hands looking like a human... That was the hardest process, but also the easiest process because I was no longer thinking like a human. I was thinking like them. If I were a hand, what would I love to do? Every time I screen the film, people tell me things like, At the beginning it seems strange, but after 10-15 minutes you get used to these hands. They look like humans. And thats what I wanted to do because if I were telling this story from a human perspective, no one would care. All I wanted was to give the people a character that they could relate to. Did you experience any miracles along the way? Vincenzo There was a reason for everything that happened. From the bad to the good--it all made the movie better. Strange things would happen. Id be alone in the middle of the night with my camera. Many times something would go wrong, like with lighting. Id get upset, but then afterwards editing in post, the lighting would look amazing. Moments like these proved that some things are just meant to be. How did you grow as a person during this process? Vincenzo: Making this movie was like climbing a mountain. You know the only way to not lose your mind was to put one foot in front of the other, one frame after the other. Knowing that even if you cant see the end, you just have to make sure you dont look back. If you look back, you start getting paranoid. You start having the fear of falling down. I became more patient. I was working 15 to 16 hours a day, and then got up feeling messed up, just to do it again the next day. I learned how to smile even when things were going to hell. I learned how to appreciate the little things, all the small details about the film that nobody usually notices. There were moments when I said to myself, This is too hard, but I kept repeating to myself, this movie was meant to be. It has to go this way. Sometimes you have to challenge yourself. I never thought the film would not happen. vincenzocosentino/index.html handythefilm/index.html
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