Disoccupato in affitto
A journey across Italy through work, dignity and self-representation.
The seminal work that marked Pietro Mereu’s cinematic debut, presented in competition at the Rome Independent Film Festival.
Disoccupato in affitto explores work, precarity, dignity and self-representation. Pietro Mereu’s verified role includes concept, screenplay and participation as protagonist. Direction is credited to Luca Merloni.
Captured by a hidden camera, the journey transforms into a social experiment, a cross between an anthropological candid camera and a social reportage. Through casual encounters, spontaneous reactions, people’s solidarity or indifference, “Disoccupato in affitto” (Unemployed for Rent) draws a bitter, ironic, and dramatically real portrait of the employment crisis in Italy. A work of extreme self-marketing that chronicles the loss of dignity, but also the unstoppable desire for redemption of an entire generation.
“Putting oneself on the market, quite literally. The film documents the shadowing of the reality of those without a job, showing the most genuine reactions of a country facing the economic crisis. An unfiltered snapshot of the Italian job market.”
Technical Specifications
Protagonist and Subject: Pietro Mereu
Direction and Cinematography: Luca Merloni
Original Music: The Niro
Distribution: Distribuzione Indipendente
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