original title:
Sa Femina Accabadora – La dama della buona morte
directed by:
cast:
Giampaolo Mele, Professor Saba, Don Elvio, Piero Bardanzellu, Donatella Turri, Dolores Turchi, Annarosa
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
producer:
production:
Zenit Arti Audiovisive, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Piemonte Doc Film Fund – Fondo Regionale per il documentario, ISRE, Sardegna Film Commission Foundation, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte
country:
Italy
year:
2018
film run:
52'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (12/09/2018)
festivals & awards:
Femina accabadora is a woman who practiced an ancient form of euthanasia, a piteous act towards the dying man, with a dry hammer blow. Considered by many a legendary figure of the Sardinian tradition, She actually acted until the 1960s, as our protagonists who have witnessed the deeds of the ladies of the good death, tell us. Together with them we cross the sunny landscapes of Sardinia and immerse ourselves in the gray areas of a millenary culture still today alive, which brings us back to the eternal and present questions about death.