original title:
ZEN SUL GHIACCIO SOTTILE
directed by:
cast:
Eleonora Conti, Susanna Acchiardi, Fabrizia Sacchi, Edoardo Lomazzi, Ruben Nativi, Alexandra Gaspar, Maurizio Stefanelli, Marco Manfredi, Giulia Lorenzelli
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
producer:
production:
Articolture, Biennale College Cinema
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2018
film run:
87'
format:
colour
release date:
08/11/2018
festivals & awards:
Maia, called ZEN, a rowdy yet solitary 16-year-old tomboy lives in a small village on top of the rough and beautiful Italian Apennines. She’s the only girl of the local ice hockey- team and she is constantly bullied by her teammates for her masculine attitude. When Vanessa, the beautiful and dazed girlfriend of the team captain, runs away from home and hide in Maia's family lodge, Maia feels free to open up for the first time. Led by the need to break away from the roles that the small community forced them to play, Maia and Vanessa embarks on a journey of self-discovery, exploring their inner desires and trying to understand their identity.