THE HUDDLE
a film by Tommaso Barbaro
Huddle is a group action where, generally in a circle, people hug each others to motivate, celebrate and organize collective action. Feeling one and many at the same time.
Produced by Andrea Randazzo, Fabio Saitto,
Tommaso Barbaro
Creative Producers Fulvio Lombardi, Marco Longo
Directed by Tommaso Barbaro
Written by Tommaso Barbaro, Francesco Clerici
Editor Francesco Clerici
Director of Photography Tommaso Barbaro
Camera operators Luca Canzano, Matteo Canzano, Simone Bregante, Maurizio Bongioanni, Andrea Di Fede, Thomas Poltronieri
Color Correction Francesco Terni
Boom Operator Daniel Covi
Sound Editors Agit Utlu, Luca Canzano
Sound Design & Mix Fullcode
Graphics & titles Federico Saitto, Dario Lipani
Translations Anita Khan
A production Point Nemo
in collaboration with Berenice Film
International distribution Journeyman Pictures
Production year 2020
Time and Genre 52 minuti / Documentario
Language Inglese
Subtitles Inglese
The Huddle is a documentary on the desire to belong in its implications and contradictions.
At the center of the story are two cities - Glasgow and Belfast - with a similar history but which, although separated by an arm of the sea, share part of the same political, sporting and religious culture.
A culture rooted in the difficult events of the Irish community during the twentieth century, still unsolved today. Huddle is a group action where, generally in a circle, we hug each other to motivate ourselves, celebrate and organize a collective action. Feeling one and many at the same time.It is the symbolic image of a society built around contrasting impulses and rituals, made up of voids and fullness: the emptiness of the daily solitude of two contemporary cities radically divided within them by ideological reasons, and the fullness of stadiums and musical events where the citizens protagonists of the film come together to finally feel like a group, a community.A chorus of off-screen voices weaves the narrative structure of the film that aims to show, without judgment, the emotional and social strength of values shared by groups of people. Different are the personal stories told and the role these individuals have within society: they are politicians, musicians, journalists, fans, IRA fighters and political militants who embody the variety of a world anchored in the football faith for the Celtic Football Club, the true metaphorical and narrative epicenter of the film.
