The Big Question

What are the first existential queries that lead us to question the absolute and consult teachers, parents, priests or older siblings? “The Big Question” is based on an idea that is very simple yet rather complex: it poses extremely direct questions to a large and varied group of people regarding their own intimate perception of the divine. The peculiar microcosm, a surprising sociological container, is the backdrop where these inquiries take place; it actually is a ‘non-place’ par excellence: the set of ‘The Passion of the Christ’ by Mel Gibson. The documentary, that has nothing to do with a ‘making of’, reads as a singular notebook of laic catechism, and its essence is the cultural, religious, social and geographical variety of those interviewed. The topics suggested through the assorted questions are confronted by a subtle, sometimes humorous research, which touches everyone: believers, atheists, agnostics, or the undecided. The allegoric and hieratic soul of “The Big Question” is a white dog that passes through valleys, mountains and ghost towns of southern Italy, during a voyage more oneiric than realistic.

– Written by Ganga

The Big Question – English version

 

The Big Question – Versione Italiana

 

Directed by Francesco Cabras/Alberto Molinari

Music by Alessandro Molinari
Cinematography by Francesco Cabras Alberto Molinari
Film Editing by Alberto Molinari Francesco Struffi
Art Direction by Francesco Cabras Alberto Molinari
Sound Department Alessio Costantino
Visual Effects by Francesco Struffi
digital compositor Camera and Electrical Department
Francesco G. Raganato director of photography: additional photography
Editorial Department
Simone Spinazze contributing editor
Francesco Struffi digital colorist
Music Department
Maurizio Iorio composer: additional music
Enkh Jargal composer: additional music
Khaoticos composer: additional music
Kamal Sabri composer: additional music

Thanks
Caroline Locardi

Sound by Alessio Costantino