A story of love, life and tuning.
‘Sting like a bee’ is a musical journey through passion and courting, exploring the human nature behind the tuning of one of the most iconic vehicles ever made in Italy, the Ape Piaggio.
Like a restless bee who’s looking for the most beautiful flower in the field, Nicola, the protagonist, buzzes the streets of Vasto -a place forgotten by God- in search of love and personal affirmation. A path that will lead him to contend for the conquest of the territory and the heart of his beloved.
The music film aims to create an unexpected bridge between the everyday life of a group of youngsters with an uncontrollable passion for tuning, and the natural world. A connection that, as in Aesop's fables, is deeper than it seems.
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Bio
LEONE - Director, Photographer and Creative Director of C41
LEONE is an award-winning film director and photographer. Born and raised in San Salvo, and based in Milan. Though having been living in a big city for years, Leone kept bringing with him, and in his professional life, a predilection for all those things which remind of the past, which remind of home. Leone likes creating absurd stories, often carrying a refined comic side that is hidden even in tragedy.
Leone likes nice stories, but mostly, he likes to tell them nicely. That’s why in 2010 he started his own production company ‘K48’ in Milan. In 2016 he became publisher and partner of C41 Magazine. Next to having his own company, he is represented by K48, Stink Films, C41.eu, and Bollywood Productions.
GIUSEPPE VITALE aka ZE IN THE CLOUDS
Ze in the Clouds (alias of Giuseppe Vitale) is a 19-year-old Jazz pianist, recognized as the greatest Italian talent of his generation.
He is the mastermind behind ‘.ZE’ a project of contamination between Jazz and all those musical languages that, starting from a common Afro American root and after a parallel journey that lasted half a century, find themselves in 2019 to project themselves into the future. Jazz and Hip Hop, Jazz and R&B, Jazz and Rap dialogue with contemporary expressive instruments, drawing a hypothesis of renewal and future.
CREDITS
C41 presents: Sting Like A Bee
a C41 project
creative direction by LEONE and Nico Carrassi
directed by LEONE
music by Ze in the Clouds
words by Nico Carrassi
cinematography Giuseppe Favale
editor and second unit Vittoria E. S.
executive producer Alice Chauvain
producer Beatrice Lebrun
art directors Isabella Petricca, Carlo Banfi and Inga Lavarini stylist Aurora Zaltieri
line producer Antonio Cilli
production assistant Ettore D'Ascenzo
Bolex operator Giorgio Melgrati
colorist Daniel Pallucca
3D artist Antonio Cottone
sound design Guido Smider
maestro d'armi Paolo Galliano
Kids Nicola Antonini/ Matilde Talia/ Alessio Basilico/ Nicola Dolce / Giuliano Cilli/ Davide Cilli/ Giuseppe Pio Di Virgilio/ Valerio Bontempo/ Alessandro Bruno / Matteo Bruno/ Cecilia Guala/ Arianna D'ascenzo / Marco Carosella/ Chiara Di Petta
Parente Vaccaro Santina & Talia Salvatore (genitori Matilde) Emanuela Del Borrello (madre di Antonini)
Models Fatima Koanda/ Henriquetta Pedro Mendes
Special thanks to:
Movie People/ Hotel Rio/ Daniel Pallucca /Jucca/ ACT 1/ OUR LEGACY/ SHOP THE STORY/ UND swimwear/ GRIFONI/ ACK WORK/ EVANGELISTA/ MARSELL/ GARBAGE CORE/ MARCO RAMBALDI
