The Last Shepherd
Directed byMarco Bonfanti
Written byMarco Bonfanti
Produced byAnna Godano
Marco Bonfanti
Franco Bocca Gelsi
StarringRenato Zucchelli
Piero Lombardi
Lucia Zucchelli
CinematographyMichele D'Attanasio
Edited byValentina Andreoli
Music byDanilo Caposeno
Distributed byCinecittà Luce
Release dates
  • 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26) (Tokyo International Film Festival)
  • 13 March 2013 (2013-03-13) (Italy)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Last Shepherd (original title: L'ultimo pastore) is a 2012 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Marco Bonfanti. It premièred at the 2012 Tokyo International Film Festival[1] and in Italy at the 2013 Turin Film Festival. In 2013 it was shown at the Dubai International Film Festival, at the Slamdance Film Festival and several other film festivals.[2]

Synopsis

Renato Zucchelli is the last travelling shepherd left in a metropolis, and he has a dream: to lead his flock of sheep to the inaccessible city center to meet the children who have never seen him, showing them that dreams and freedom will always exist as long as there is still space to believe in a last shepherd...who conquered back his city together with only his sheep and the power of imagination.

Production

The 1 October 2011, to film a scene of the movie, Marco Bonfanti brought a flock consisting of more than 700 sheep in Piazza del Duomo in Milan. The news of this story traveled through national and international press.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "25th Tokyo International Film Festival | The Last Shepherd". 2013.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Last Shepherd (2012) - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Washington Post


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