THE CIRCLE

by Sophie Chiarello

• Documentaries
• Production year 2022
• Length 108’ min.
• Genre Documentary
• Release Date 2022

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Synopsis

The twenty children of the B section are all different in aptitude, history and background, yet together they form a cohesive group.

The Circle is a documentary that recounts their growth from the first to the fifth grade: in the classroom of their school, thanks to the practice of “circle time,” a time in which, sitting in a circle on the floor, children, teacher and director with the camera talk and confront each other with a regular cadence along the five years of elementary school, a privileged listening space is created in which the children repose their universe, share thoughts, emotions and confront their vision of the world around them.

The circle thus becomes a portrait of childhood in which today’s Italy, which for them is already yesterday’s.

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Crew

Written and directed by

SOPHIE CHIARELLO 

Editing 

ANDREA CAMPAJOLA

Music 

GABRIELE PANICO

Music editing

FEDERICO CABULA
MATTEO EUSEPI

Produced by

NICOLA GIULIANO, FRANCESCA CIMA, CARLOTTA CALORI, VIOLA PRESTIERI

Associate producer 

STEFANO D’AVELLA

Delegate producer

CAROLINA IORIO

ELISABETTA PIERETTO

Production

INDIGO FILM with RAI CINEMA