Bakhita

Credits

Composer, orchestration Stefano Lentini
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra – Sif 309, Director Deyan Pavlov
Recorded at Studio 1 BNR (Sofia), Forum Music Village (Roma), Kiwi Studio
Mixed at Forum Music Village (Roma) by Marco Streccioni
Music Assistant Daniele Bonaviri
Assistant Engineer Vladislav Boiadjiev, Simone Mammucari, Gabriele Conti
Publishing RAI Trade

Plot Summary

Bakhita means "the fortunate one". It is the real story of a Sudanese slave who was bought by a wealthy Italian merchant at the end of the Nineteenth century.
When people from the rural community first see the woman and her night-black skin, they are scared and suspicious. However, thanks to her awesome smile and good-natured heart, Bakhita teaches those people – and all the ones she meets along the way – that there is an inner richness in all human beings.

Two-episode TV Mini-series, 200'
Produced by RAI Fiction and Titania Produzioni

Cast

Direction Giacomo Campiotti
Script Filippo Soldi, Filippo Gentili, Dino Leonardo Gentili, Giacomo Campiotti
Cinematography Blasco Giurato
Stage Marco Luppi
Costume and Wardrobe Department Marina Roberti, Enrica Biscossi, Angelo Poretti
Film Editing Simona Paggi
Music Stefano Lentini (ed. mus. RAITRADE)
Organisation Roberto Giussani
UK Casting Director Suzanne M.Smith, CDG
General organisation Franco Coduti
Producer RAI Paola Foffo
Producer Ida di Benedetto, Stefania Bifano for Titania Produzioni
Press agency Studio Nobile Scarafoni
Cast Fatou Kine Boye, Federica Bau, Francesco Salvi, Stefania Rocca, Sonia Bergamasco

An interview with Giacomo Campiotti
Why did you want to tell Bakhita’s story?
This is the story of a woman who had an amazing life, and made important choices that today make a deep impression on us, and help us understand why we are all so lost, and that another world is also possible. I just wanted to be the vehicle for such a story, with the aim to show a real person, not just a holy picture.