The One Man Beatles

Synopsis
A young director crosses the ocean to find Emitt Rhodes, the mysterious forgotten American pop star from the 1960s/70s, once dubbed as the secret alter ego of Paul McCartney. But these theories are refuted by Emitt himself, flushed out and placed in front of a video camera after many years spent holed up in his house full of old guitars and vintage amplifiers. His words reveal a past filled with regrets. His voice and his music proving his pure talent. Cosimo Messeri records his American dream in a dazed and enthusiastic diary, a portrait of unfulfilled ambitions and loneliness that smacks of Chekov.

Director
Cosimo Messeri was born in Fiesole in 1985, but he has lived in Rome all his life. After being assistant director to Nanni Moretti and Carlo Mazzacurati, he went on to write, direct, and act in the short films Zeldman (2006), awarded the Best First Film and Critics' Prize at the Valdarno Cinema Fedic Festival; and Le Jour J (2008), as well as the self-produced feature Detesto L'elettronica Stop (2008), for which he won the Prize for Best Acting Debut at the Sarajevo Film Festival. He composes, plays, and sings in the band Plastic Macs.