2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Bravo Giorgio

Category: Narrative Short  9min 4sec
Director: John Plausse
Viewings: Fri, Sept.6  2:30pm

A rite of passage story set in Brooklyn on November 25, 1963--the day of President Kennedy's Funeral. An Italian American grandfather attempts to entice his unwilling three-year-old grandson, Giorgio, into receiving his first barbershop haircut. Thirty-seven years later, Giorgio reflects back on those events as he stands at his grandfather's coffin holding a lock of hair saved from that unforgettable day.