produced by Parallelo 41
with Luce Cinecittà
in collaboration with Rai Cinema
with the contribution of Film Commission Campania e Regione Campania
based on an idea by Quintessenza
written by Roberto Carro, Luca Rossomando
directed and filmed by Roberto-C.
produced by Antonella Di Nocera
editing Alessandra Carchedi
sound editing Massimo Mariani
color grading Simona Infante
original music Antonio Raia, Sergio Naddei
Quintessenza logo animation Mario Damiano
info e trailer: https://www.roberto-c.it/padrone-e-sotto

Padrone e sotto

The “social question” in Naples is the permanent backdrop to the discourse on the city: as an endless emergency, latent violence, suffering both given and received. Its protagonists are subject to constant public scrutiny. Yet, its core remains a taboo: denied, immutable, unchanged over time. The reasons and essence of this phenomenon are not the subject of question and it never becomes a political issue. It may be beneficial to draw upon the theoretical insights of Frantz Fanon, rather than those that we inherited from Marx, to identify and bring it to light.

The stories of Pio, a precarious worker in the tourism industry; of Ugo’s family, seeking justice after the boy’s murder; and finally, the one of the organized unemployed who have been fighting for years for a dignified job, they reflect three movements along a single trajectory, which unites the lives of the invisible and voiceless of Naples.

Padrone e sotto



The “social question” in Naples is the permanent backdrop to the discourse on the city: as an endless emergency, latent violence, suffering both given and received. Its protagonists are subject to constant public scrutiny. Yet, its core remains a taboo: denied, immutable, unchanged over time. The reasons and essence of this phenomenon are not the subject of question and it never becomes a political issue. It may be beneficial to draw upon the theoretical insights of Frantz Fanon, rather than those that we inherited from Marx, to identify and bring it to light.

The stories of Pio, a precarious worker in the tourism industry; of Ugo’s family, seeking justice after the boy’s murder; and finally, the one of the organized unemployed who have been fighting for years for a dignified job, they reflect three movements along a single trajectory, which unites the lives of the invisible and voiceless of Naples.

produced by Parallelo 41
with Luce Cinecittà
in collaboration with Rai Cinema
with the contribution of Film Commission Campania e Regione Campania
based on an idea by Quintessenza
written by Roberto Carro, Luca Rossomando
directed and filmed by Roberto-C.
produced by Antonella Di Nocera
editing Alessandra Carchedi
sound editing Massimo Mariani
color grading Simona Infante
original music Antonio Raia, Sergio Naddei
Quintessenza logo animation Mario Damiano
info e trailer: https://www.roberto-c.it/padrone-e-sotto