Federico and Preciuos are two teenagers forced to come to terms with their own fears and frailties: Federico's heart does not work as it should and he must face his own limitations; Preciuos is in conflict with her mother, forced into early and painful independence. Both find in music a tool to express and support each other. The pursuit of a common dream will collide with the stark reality that will catapult Federico and Preciuos out of their adolescence.

Since my first three documentaries, my film work has centered on the observation and study of people who seem to be able to do nothing but survive excluded from a system that would instead have them submit to its rules. Lonely is a continuation of the reflection begun in previous works. In the interstices of the European continent, so well controlled and regulated, shadowy areas creep in, weaknesses of the system, where the most marginal people survive. Geographical borders are overlaid with other symbolic and invisible limits, far more impassable, which only accentuate inequalities. Lonely, like my other films, aims to be a snapshot of this Europe of paradoxes.

Director
Michele Pennetta
Story
Michele Pennetta
Screenplay
Michele Pennetta, Giulia Moriggi
Director of photography
Paolo Ferrari
Film Editor
Andrea Maguolo
Sound
Edgar Iacolenna
Altri credits

Fabrizio Nastasi (Direttore di post-produzione); Francesca Gaia Cisotto (Assistente di post-produzione)

Cast and characters

Federico Peduzzi, Precious Adebajo

Organizzatore generale
Marion Chollet
Executive production
Producer
Simone Catania, Joelle Bertossa
Production
Close Up, Indyca
con il sostegno di Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Piemonte Doc Film Fund - produzione giugno 2022
Assistente di produzione
Last update: 28 September 2023