TINERET

Italy | 2024 | 63 min | col.

In the outskirts of Rome, Andrei’s life is divided between his work as a groom, taking care of his mother and sister, and going out with his friends at night. His long-cherished dream, however, is to become a successful and famous trapper with the songs he composes in his leisure time. But an impending eviction, the difficulty of buying a house with little money available, and an insecure future gradually convince him to abandon all hopes for a different life. Made over four years, based on a storyline cowritten by the filmmaker (Nicolò Ballante) and the lead character (Andrei Grigorita), Tineret manages to offer an authentic description of the conditions of a social class that is too often rejected and outcast. It does so by telling the story of a young Moldavian, the representative of a disillusioned generation, who identifies trap music as the only possibility of fulfilment and social redemption. A sincere, powerful film and a magnetic protagonist. (s.e.c.)