Technical sheet.• Title : Rojo como el cielo.• Genre: Drama• Country: Italy• Duration: 96 minutes• Release date: 25/02/2006• Directed By: Cristiano Borton• Script: Cristiano Bortone, Paolo Sassanelli y Monica

Zapelli.• Original Music: Ezio Bosso• Produced By: Cristiano Bortone, Ivan Fiorini y Daniele

Mazzocca.

Characters

• Francesco Campobasso – Davide• Luca Capriotti– Mirco• Marco Cocci – Ettore• Simone Colombari – Padre• Alessandro Fiori – Mario• Simone Gulli – Felice• Andrea Gussoni – Valerio• Michele Iorio – Giacomo• Patrizia La Fonte – Suor Santa• Francesca Maturanza – Francesca• Norman Mozzato – School Director• Paolo Sassanelli – Don Giulio

Plot of the film.

• The film is inspired by the true story of Mirco Mencacci, one of the most gifted editors of sound in the world. Set in a small village in Tuscany, in 1971. His life changes when playing with an old rifle, Mirco is wounded in the head, an accident that survives, but loses sight. At that time, Italian law considered the blind disabled, and they are not allowed to attend public school. Therefore, Mirco’s parents are forced to take your child to the Institute David Chiossone in Genoa. In the beginning, Mirco does not accept his new condition but their lives will give a turn when he finds an old tape recorder.

Synopsis

• Mirco is a 10-year-old boy who is obsessed with movies. One day, Mirco has an accident with a rifle, which leaves him blind. It is sent by his parents to a school for blind children. He began to develop a taste for doing short stories using a tape recorder. So he faces, with courage and determination, the new challenges of life.