Totó
Antonio Cotroneo, a man in his fifties; in his Calabrian hometown everybody calls him Totó. For many decades he has been living in his chosen exile. Having subsequently married an Austrian woman and fathered four sons, the graduate political scientist earns his money as an usher at Vienna Konzerthaus. For Peter Schreiner´s filmic close-up of the person Totó, however, these biographic data are hardly of any interest. Totó, the film, is rather a catchment basin for the principal characterís thoughts and moods.
Schreiner accompanies Totó as cameraman, sound recordist and director on train journeys back to his old...
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Orig. Title
Totó
Totó
Year
2009
2009
Country
Austria
Austria
Duration
128 min
128 min
Category
Documentary, Essay
Documentary, Essay
Orig. Language
Italian, German
Italian, German
Subtitles
English
English