Murrasarda

by Andrea Lotta
40’, Italy, 2009

Five players of diff erent ages and from diff erent regions recount the variegated world of the morra game in Sardinia. They play at university students’ parties off site in Cagliari, at the international tournament in Urzulei, in informal games amongst friends, and at the traditional town festivals. What emerges is a portrait of a game based on technical ability, wit, ethical norms, and behavioral codes and understanding passed down over centuries: a game that is physicality, voice, and rhythm, but also honesty or the ability to cheat.

Andrea Lotta
Born in Cagliari in 1978, he began working in the world of documentary film in 2005 as a cameraman and editor and later as a production assistant and director’s assistant. Since 2007 he has collaborated with the faculty of Scienze della Formazione in Cagliari, conducting workshops on cinematic techniques, and since 2008 has overseen the degree course in video for the faculty of Scienze della Comunicazione. He directed his fi rst documentary, Murrasarda, in 2008-2009.