Original title I wish I was like you

Genre Documentary

Director Luca Onorati, Francesco Gargamelli

Country, yearItalia, 2019

Runtime 42'

Production Istituto Luce Cinecitta'

Release date 2019

Status Pronto


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Documentary

I wish I was like you

by Luca Onorati, Francesco Gargamelli
Theatrical Italy
Production
International rights sales
Domestic rights sales
Info

Original title I wish I was like you

Genre Documentary

Director Luca Onorati, Francesco Gargamelli

Country, yearItalia, 2019

Runtime 42'

Production Istituto Luce Cinecitta'

Release date 2019

Status Pronto


Pressbook
Cinecittà rights

Cinecittà rights Theatrical Italy, Production, International rights sales, Domestic rights sales

Federica Di Biagio

Theatrical film and documentary distribution

f.dibiagio@cinecitta.it

+39 0672286271

Simona Agnoli

Sales & Business Developement, Films and docs

s.agnoli@cinecitta.it

+39 0672286437

“I wish I Was Like You” is a documentary about the Nirvana concert that was held in Marino in the Province of Rome on February 22, 1994. But it is also a backwards journey through the ’90s, conducted by the two directors, spectators of that era and that memorable event. The Palaghiaccio (Ice Palace) in Marino, where the concert was held, now stands abandoned, dilapidated and sadly destined to become a supermarket. 25 years after Nirvana’s last public performances and Kurt Cobain’s death, the structure appears as a symbol of decadence but also becomes the point of departure for a celebration of those protagonists and a reflection on that historical period. The general tone is semi-serious, ironic and sacrilegious: the two directors handle the subject of the memory in a light-hearted manner with the aid of personal archival material shot on VHS-C during the many wild nights they spent together when they were kids. The documentary is further enriched by a precious bootleg recording of the Nirvana concert, restored and remastered for the occasion. “I Wish I Was Like You” is a true declaration of love to the filmmakers’ youth and its most precious soundtrack: Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.


Festival

Festa del Cinema di Roma 2019: Riflessi


Crew

Screenplay Luca Onorati, Francesco Gargamelli

Editing Flavia Tiberi

Music Luca Morisco


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