My Body

May 26, 2021 1h 20m

6 votes

Documentary

Synopsis

Oscar, not quite a child anymore, scavenges for scrap metal for his father. He spends his life in improvised landfills among what remains of leftovers. Worlds apart, yet close-by, there is Stanley. He tidies the church in exchange for a monetised hospitality, picks fruits, herds sheep: anything that keep his foreign body busy. Oscar, the young Sicilian, and Stanley the Nigerian don’t seem to have much in common. Except for the feeling of being thrown into the world, to suffer the same refusal, the same overwhelming wave of choices imposed on them by others.

Title	My Body
Companies	Kino Produzioni, RSI, RAI, Close Up Films
Countries	Italy, Switzerland
Keywords	immigrant, work, italy, sicily, italy, brotherhood, church, better life, nigerian, absent parent, father son relationship