An old wooden chair, the only inheritance that Pietro receives on the death of his father and which will lead him in search of a brother whom he has not seen for ten years. The plot of the film “ The chair ”, the latest work by the Campania director but theodorino by adoption, Gianluca Vassallo , is a journey in 14 stages through human depth. A sort of via crucis in which the protagonist Pietro, played by Michele Sarti , always carries with him that chair that is at the center of the whole narrative thread, a metaphor of suffering and at the same time of salvation.
"It is no coincidence that the film consists of 14 stations - explains Vassallo - because the man, Peter, carries the chair with the same effort with which Christ carries the cross." In his wandering in search of his brother, between the two there is an old and deep fracture, the protagonist will make 10 cathartic encounters that will reveal themselves face to face with his conscience and will allow him, step by step, to rediscover that single bond and close the circle on his own existence. " an extremely simple story, however, brings with it what it means to be alone in the world, always, despite everything, despite the community that surrounds us and the family ”, says the author.
The film , which will be presented in Cagliari on November 15 , is the second chapter of a trilogy in which the individual is always at the center and his loneliness and whose protagonist is once again the actor Michele Sarti. "Libertà", released in March of this year on the Chili Tv streaming channel, is the first of the three films and was shot in San Vero Milis , while the sets of the feature film "The chair" were set up in Budoni, Loiri Porto San Paolo and San Teodoro, where the whole setting takes place. It is in the center of Gallura that Pietro and his brother spent their summers and it is here, among suggestive coastal views and corners immersed in the countryside, that the story takes place. A delicate story that takes place over 24 hours in a San Teodoro suffocated by a heat bubble that encloses the chaos of the days of August. A two-day timelapse punctuated by the touch of the midday bells of the village church and which once again recalls a religious symbolism which, the director emphasizes, “is inherent within us even if we reject it and orient our civil way of life. The Passion of Jesus is the same that the character of Peter feels, who after the death of his father and the absence of his brother feels he is the only child in the world ”.
The cast also includes Natalia Solona , the Ukrainian actress co-star of the web series "Anna's summer" written and directed by Vassallo and released in 2021. And then again R enzo Cugis, Giuseppe Boy, Noemi Medas, Michela Sale Musio, Andrea Sestini , Vassallo himself and Tiziana Troja from the Cagliari-based company Lucido Sottile, which partially finances the film. A few days after the release scheduled in Cagliari on November 15th, “La Sedia” will be presented in Milan and from there it will begin its journey through the festivals and the search for a platform for dissemination. Produced almost entirely with the WhiteBox Studio's own funds, and the support of the Sardegna Film Commission, the film uses a particular production model that involves online crowdfunding that will allow the crew to integrate the budget at a low cost. Produced without public funds, “La Sedia” has in fact launched a fundraiser.
