The Albanian regime collapses while private television multiplies in Italy: they’re the stage for a new ruling class.
Ana and Marko, Albanians, in the maze of ‘90s Milan.
Over ten years ago, when private affairs of Italian Prime Minister swept tabloids all over the world, I quickly grew tired of sensationalised accounts of the scandal. Yet I was struck by a detail: several escorts had entered his residence without being checked, it was enough for them to be accompanied by one of his many guests. I wondered what could’ve happened if one of the girls had been a black widow, a terrorist. Another decade earlier, 20.000 people fled Albania on a single ship, following their dream of Italy as they’d seen it on tv. Inspired by these two events, I imagined how they could’ve interacted. I see Disorder as a tale that creates a parallel world where certain invisible, or only virtual things can emerge. The idea is to play with the deconstruction/reconstruction of 90’s pop imagery so as to escape a thesis-based, grey approach of a certain type of militant cinema. As a bright example of another way of doing political cinema, I think of "Lola" by Fassbinder. Far from a sociological and naturalistic approach, Disorder makes an aesthetics of politics.
Giulia Achilli (Responsabile sviluppo).