Film

ISACCO

(ISAAC)

a film by FEDERICO TOCCHELLA

ITA / 2013 / (15')

“Dad,
have you ever been sacrificed?”

“A tale of trust,
betrayal and imagination.”

Poster for Isacco.

Synopsis

A child plays in a park with his plasticine characters, moulded by his own hands. His favourite character is Isaac.

Isaac is a little boy just like him, who dreams, hopes and confides in the world.

Isaac is happy because this is the day he will accompany his father to the mountains to help him out. Isaac's father is called Abraham.

The story the child is staging is The Sacrifice of Isaac.

Director statement

Isaac combines live action, animation and visual effects, using animation as a way to represent the imagination of a child.

The film is inspired by the biblical sacrifice of Isaac, but the story is told through the eyes of a child who recreates and interprets the myth using plasticine characters moulded with his own hands.

As the story unfolds, the boundaries between imagination and reality gradually blur, transforming an ancient tale into a reflection on the relationship between fathers and sons, trust and betrayal, fear and the ability to overcome it through imagination.

Trailer

Gallery / stills