Filming for "Natalino" almost finished

We first started reporting on the making of this film this back in February of this year. In that article we talked about a new name to add to the list of artists working in this area – the film maker, David Melani. He has been starting to make a reputation not just with his directing or his editing skills but also with his drive, purpose and all-round organisational abilities as he has been gradually putting together over the last couple of years a complete team dedicated to film making using local actors and technicians.  His short film “Natalino” is based around a comic strip drawn by Nazareno Giusti involving the tragic story of a small boy injured during the war in 1944. In March they were filming in Barga before moving on to film in Ghivizzano Alto, Borgo a Mozzano and Ghivizzano. This week they were back once more filming in Barga using the church at Loppia as the backdrop to one of the final scenes in the film.

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There is considerable interest in this area being generated around the making and a showing of the final finished film with a number of  heavily populated facebook groups set up by fans eager to see Natalino on their screens.

Taking full advantage of the new social networking tools available via the internet – the director David Melani is one of just a handful of facebook users in this area who have a list of facebook friends numbering more than 2000.

Speculation is now growing that as there are scenes from Barga and a number of Barga-based actors are appearing in the film, then it would seem logical that the city should host a screening for the final film. Watch this space.

Click on the link below to hear David talking (in English) about just how the film has been progressing

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