Coatti

Coatti — Plot

Stavros and Charlotte - i.e. the director and his partner in life and art, Charlotte van Gelder - are wandering the streets of a burdensome reality like immigrants, tracing the world around them through friendships, journeys and political quests. Made with minimal means with a few rolls of black and white film they managed to scrape together, this is a thoroughly unconventional film that defies traditional narrative structures, spectacularly revealing the director's true vision: a primordial cinema full of imagery that comes out of nowhere and communicates freely, like a small wonder. A large slice of the international film critic community - including Frenchman Louis Skorecki who described the film as a comet - will adore "Coatti" and continue to support Tornes' lonely path until the end.

• Release date
• September 26, 1977
• Runtime
• 76 min
• Director
• Stavros Tornes

Coatti — Cast

P

Pierre Loui Abner Roberto De Angelis

M

Mahdi Michel

F

Fabricio Carbone

P

Pipo Caponera

M

Mario Martini Stavros Tornes

C

Charlotte Van Gelder