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	The narrator	Tonino Guerra
	Producer	Andreas Kassel, Freddy Olsson
	Production assistent, interpretation	Chiara Ligi
	Sound	Anna Kassel
	Sound designer	Anders Tyrland
	Music	Vassilis Tsitsanis Courtesy of EMI and NCB
	Grading	Henrik Lago Produktionsdesign
	Translation	Elin Sleipnes, Andrea Kirchhartz Subs. Hamburg, Agneta Wirberg Textmakarna
	Many thanks to	Lora Kreindlina Andrej A. Tarkovskij Viveka Bosson Torsten Åkerberg Claudio Narisoni Jan Nyström Associatione Culturale Tonino Guerra Museo Morandi, Bologna Biblioteca di Grizzana Morandi Tomas Möller Michal Leszczylowski C.A Berthag Francesco Socchi Bengt & Birgitta Stenvinkel Lago Verde Albergo an all inhabitants in Pennabilli

	Produced by Kassel Kinematografi, Bokomotiv Filmproduktion AB and Film i Halland – Birgitta Olsson with support from the Swedish Film Institute – Tove Torbiörnsson


	Sitting in an Italian mountain village the poet and script writer Tonino Guerra tell us a fairy tale about artist´s brushes. During the Second World War he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. To fight his fear of death he starts to write poems in romagnolo, the local language from the part of Italy where he was born.. As a miracle he survives, publishes the poems och sends the book to the painter Girogio Morandi (1890-1964). Morandi likes the poems and Guerra wants to visit him in his studio. But the painter doesn´t want any intruders . The winter comes with gray clouds. After a couple of months the painter all of a sudden opens the doors and the poet meets a microcosmos of dust, associations and terracotta pots with paint brushes. When the poet wants to throw away some of the brushes the reaction from the painter is harsh and he declares that a brush has a life because of the pictures it shaped. You can not just throw it away as waste. They have been my friends, explains the painter. Andreas Kassel and Tonino Guerra brings us a story about the artist and his beloved instruments. Tonino Guerra (1820-) painter, poet and script writer to more than 120 films (among the directors you find De Sica, Antonioni, Fellinii, Tarkovsky, The Taviani Brothers, Rosi, Angelopoulos and Gitai). Andreas Kassel (1968-) painter, architect, writer and director.


	La favola del pennello/ The Tale of an Artist´s Brush
	Sweden, Italy 2008, 28 min, HD Cam SR, colour
	Original language Italian
	Director Andreas Kassel

	Tonino Guerra tell us a fairy tale about artist´s brushes. When the poet wants to throw away some of the brushes the reaction from the painter is harsh. You can not just throw it away as waste. They have been my friends, explains the painter.