BABYLON SISTERS

By Gigi ROCCATI

TICO FILM COMPANY S.R.L. - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2016

A migrant tale of sisterhood and music celebrating unconventional friendships and the power of diversity.

Festivals
& Awards

Rome FF 2016
Sguardi altrove film festival - Milan 2017
Audience Award
Trieste Film Festival 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy, Social issues
    • Countries
    • ITALY, CROATIA
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN, HINDI
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gigi ROCCATI
    • Producer(s)
    • Sarah PENNACCHI (Tico Film), Gino PENNACCHI (Tico Film )
    • Synopsis
    • Kamla and her parents have just moved in a rundown building on the outskirts of Trieste together with other immigrant families and an old grumpy retired school teacher, determined not to leave his home, when an eviction notice falls on all the residents. While the men react in anger to the landlord's threats, the women strive to cooperate and save the destiny of their families through tears, laughs and misunderstandings. In this unsettling situation, little Kamla and professor Leone will become friends against the will of her father, while her mother Shanti will soon reveal a gift, dancing like a Bollywood star. Thanks to a friendly social worker, they come up with the idea of a dance school. The neighborhood will soon be talking about the Babylon Sisters.