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The Song of Aida
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Secondary Title:
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(La chanson d'Aïda)
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Filmmaker Name:
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Giovanni Princigalli
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Film Length:
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90 min
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Film Year:
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2024
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Duration:
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76-90 min
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Decade:
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2020s
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Language:
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in Romani, Romanian, and Italian
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Subtitle Language:
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with English subtitles
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Region:
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Europe
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“This film is the story of her [Aida’s] struggle for emancipation, independence and a new life outside the Roma camp.”
— Giovanni Princigalli , Spring 2024
As a teenager, Aida dreamed of becoming a model and singer. Now in her thirties, she is trapped in an arranged marriage and feels stuck living in a shack in a Roma community in Bari, Italy. She suffers from depression, longs to leave her marriage and return to Romania, where living conditions are better. Shot over a twenty-year period, filmmaker Giovanni Princigalli offers an intimate portrait of one woman’s struggle for emancipation, providing insights into life in the deeply patriarchal and tradition-bound Roma community in Bari, Italy. Princigalli makes it clear from the opening sequence that the Roma community in Bari does not represent that of Roma in other parts of Europe today.
Princigalli was born in Bari, Italy and studied Political Sciences at the University of Bari. His first film Japigia Gagi (Roma Stories) profiles the Bari community as he found it in 2001 and 2002. Song of Aida draws on footage from this early project as well as from visits in 2014 and in the early 2020s, when he focused on Aida’s story. This longitudinal view allows viewers to embrace Aida’s struggle as she finds her voice and independence from her family. The film also shows poetic animations that are used to illustrate the imagination of the protagonists.
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Ethnocineca Int'l Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, 2024
The Song of Aida (La chanson d'Aïda)
Writing, Direction & Producer
Giovanni Princigalli
Director of Photography
Enzo Canta
Francesco de Napoli
Assistant Director
Nicola Nannavecchia
Sound Recording
Corrado Riccomini
Enzo Canta
Francesco Pirro
Sound Editing
Renato Minichelli
Sound Mixing
Clovis Gouaillier
NFB Post-production Digital Editing Technicians
Pierre DuPont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahhan
Foley Recording
Luc Léger
Colorist and Online Editor
Serge Verreault
Graphic Design
Cynthia Ouellet
Program Managers | ACIC
Marie-Christine Guité
Yousra Benziane
Executive Producers | Héros Fragiles
Lydia Gaudreau
Adriana Princigalli
Bruno Ramirez
Alessandro Riboni
Executive Producers | Abusuan
Koblan Bonaventure Amissah
Taysir Hasan
Post-production Coordinator | Octopost
Francesca Romana Valentini
Post-production Coordinator | PRIM
Claudia Mejia Castillo
Assistant Editors
Ariane Pétel-Despots
Bruno Pucella
Marc-Antoine Sauriol
Nicolò Tettamanti
Original Music
Robert Gaudreau
Giovanni Princigalli
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