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Theater of Life
20161 h 33 min 51 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Peter Svatek
Production: Josette Gauthier (Triplex Films)Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)Peter Svatek (Triplex Films)Phoebe Greenberg (Phi Films)Penny Mancuso (Phi Films)
Script: Peter Svatek
Produced by Triplex Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Rogers Documentary Fund and in association with Phi Films,
In an extraordinary soup kitchen in Milan, two vastly different worlds have been brought together by a unique social experiment. Theater of Life captures the remarkable relationship forged between the finest haute cuisine chefs in the world and the city’s most disadvantaged groups: refugees, recovering drug addicts, former sex workers, and a host of others with no place else to go.
For Expo Milano 2015, renowned chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana was named world’s best restaurant in 2016, invited 60 of his international confrères to join him in transforming food destined for the dumpster into delicious and nutritious meals for Italy’s hungriest residents. But the documentary delves far deeper than this important food story: it captures the moving encounters of guests at the soup kitchen who have found a welcoming community there, showing us glimpses of their heart and soul in the process.
A visual feast in itself, Theater of Life puts a human face on its powerful message of social justice while raising awareness about the enormous environmental impact of food waste.
Subject categories
- Social Issues > Community Projects and AssistancePoverty
- Food and Food Industries > Social Agencies and Programs
- Social Studies > Contemporary IssuesSocial Policies and Programs
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
Credits
- editor
- Elric Robichon
- director of photography
- Nicolas Venne
- camera
- Giancarlo Migilore
- Nicola Baraglia
- producer
- Josette Gauthier
- Annette Clarke
- Peter Svatek
- writer
- Peter Svatek
- director
- Peter Svatek
- featuring
- Massimo Bottura
- Gaston Acurio
- Ferran Adrià
- Andoni Luis Aduriz
- Alex Atala
- Mario Batali
- Jeremy Charles
- Mauro Colagreco
- Alain Ducasse
- Luca Fantin
- David Hertz
- Daniel Humm
- Virgilio Martinez
- Yoshihiro Narisawa
- René Redzepi
- Joan Roca
- Ana Ros
- John Winter Russell
- The Santini Family
- Viviana Varese
- Christiana Acha
- Stefania Bassani
- Fatou Dieng
- Eugenia Gonella
- Fawaz Naser
- Giorgio Papetti
- Marco Rossi
- Salvatore Salici
- Egidio Sbarufatti
- Emanuele Colombo
- Lidia Cristoni
- Fabrizia Ferrari
- Lara Gilmore
- Davide Rampello
- Cristina Reni
- Don Giuliano Savina
- original music
- Antoine Binette Mercier
- music performer
- Patrick Watson
- The Barr Brothers
- sound design
- Mélanie Gauthier
- sound editing
- Mélanie Gauthier
- research
- Elena Dal Pra
- fixer
- Elena Dal Pra
- additional photography
- Matteo Urbinati
- Carlotta Marrucci
- Marco Caddeo
- sound recording
- Nicola Baraglia
- Marco Caddeo
- Riccardo Baldoni
- Riccardo Napoli
- assistant director
- Giuseppe Carrieri
- production coordinator
- Carlotta Marrucci
- production assistant
- Riccardo Napoli
- Barbara Vivino
- still photography
- Alberto Bobbera
- Ellie Yonova
- music consultant
- Kris Manchester
- graphics consultant
- Kris Manchester
- translation
- Silvia Accardi
- Elena Dal Pra
- Marija Zivkovic
- Nicolas Gulino
- Josette Gauthier
- Elric Robichon
- Setsumi Katagiri
- transcription
- Marija Zivkovic
- Daniel Svatek
- liaison
- Cristina Reni
- Fabrizia Ferrari
- Luciano Gualzetti
- Lara Gilmore
- Marzia Molteni
- Enrico Vignoli
- Tania Di Bernardo
- musician
- Mélanie Bélair
- Mélanie Vaugeois
- Ligia Paquin
- Annie Gadbois
- Antoine Binette Mercier
- Claude Lamothe
- Patrick Watson
- Robbie Kuster
- Brad Barr
- Andrew Barr
- music score mix
- Peter Van Uytfranck
- post-production supervisor
- Jean-François Laprise
- Roz Power
- post-production assistant
- Mylène Augustin
- post-production services
- Simon Webb
- assistant editor
- Éric Marapin
- head, coordination and project support
- Pierre Ferlatte
- digital editing technician
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Chris MacIntosh
- foley artist
- Lise Wedlock
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- title design
- Simon Chénier-Gauvreau
- Lian Benoit
- end credits photograph
- Alberto Bobbera
- graphics
- Simon Chénier-Gauvreau
- Lian Benoit
- Mélanie Bouchard
- online editor
- Yannick Carrier
- colourist
- Yannick Carrier
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- senior production coordinator
- Kelly Davis
- production supervisor
- Mary Armstrong
- studio administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- legal counsel
- Dominique Aubry
- Bruno Ménard
- production accountant
- John Chretien
- fiscal services
- Hecht, Heft, Lamoureux
- auditing services
- Hecht, Heft, Lamoureux
- insurance
- Globalex
- interim financing
- Banque Nationale du Canada
- executive producer
- Phoebe Greenberg
- Penny Mancuso
- Josette Gauthier
- Annette Clarke
- associate producer
- Emmanuelle Héroux
Awards
- Best Canadian FeaturePlanet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival
- Tokyo Gohan Award 2016International Film Festival - Donostia