LIFE AT WHAT COST
ARTICOLO 1
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The first article of the Italian constitution declares that Italy is a republic founded on work. But this right comes at what cost, in terms of human lives maimed or lost? The answer is in the stories of Lucia, Raffaella e Sandro, the protagonists of three lives shattered due to a lack of job safety, and whose accounts make up Luca Bianchini’s film Articolo 1. The film is not just a record of loss but a tribute to the many lives destroyed over the years. It’s an invitation to not forget and to ponder a system that all too often considers workers numbers, not people. In collaboration with Alveare Cinema.
ARTICOLO 1
Three stories of lives shattered on the job: Raffaella, a truck driver from Fondi, now paralyzed; Lucia, a widow with two children after a collapse at the construction site where her husband Luca worked; and Sandro, who died in a paper mill. The documentary gives a voice to the survivors, probing the human impact of the tragedies and restoring the dignity of the victims – as people, not numbers.
Italy, 2025, 53′, color
direction
Luca Bianchini
screenplay
Luca Bianchini
cinematography
Giovanni Cavallini
editing
Giovanni Cavallini
Luca Bianchini
music
Gabriele Panico
sound
Lorenzo Sidoti
with
Raffaella Di Cicco
Marco Maltagliati
Lucia Sarconio
production
Alveare Cinema
producers
Paolo Bianchini
Paola Rota
Francesca Faraglia
Alberto Greggi
with Rai Documentari
Luca Bianchini (Rome, 1962), is a writer and director with a long career in film, television, and advertising. He got a very early start as an AD and set designer for legendary Italian filmmakers like Lucio Fulci and Federico Fellini, and went on to work with Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi, and Luciano De Crescenzo. Over the years, he cemented his reputation directing TV series and commercials as well, along with numerous campaigns for brands and institutions in Italy and abroad. In 2017, he wrote and directed Angelo – Una storia vera.
