Swing Ride (second feature)

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Swing Ride (Calcinculo)

Swing Ride (Calcinculo)

original title:

Calcinculo

directed by:

cinematography:

set design:

costume design:

Laura Locher

production:

Tempesta, Tellfilm, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, RSI, with the support of Regione Lazio

country:

Italy/Switzerland

year:

2021

film run:

96'

format:

colour

release date:

24/03/2022

Benedetta, an obese fifteen-year-old yearning for attention, lives in a tawdry province in the south of Italy, emblematic of her inner landscape where everything could be and yet is not.
She falls in love with Armando, aka Amanda, a young transvestite who is attracted to the young girl's innocence and begins an unhealthy relationship of mutual dependence with her. Amanda runs a carousel at the fair across the street from Benedetta's house, and the girl is magnetically drawn to this colorful and exciting world. But Amanda not only runs the carousel, she's also a call boy and sells drugs.
Between intoxication and family rebellion and the discovery of sex - a great disappointment - she completes her rite of passage into adulthood.