Misericordia

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Misericordia

Misericordia

Misericordia

original title:

Misericordia

directed by:

screenplay:

Emma Dante, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Vasta, from the play with the same title by Emma Dante

cinematography:

editing:

set design:

costume design:

production:

Rosamont, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Fondo per l’audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia

world sales:

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

95'

format:

colour

release date:

16/11/2023

Sicily, a small fishing village surrounded by rubbish and wreckage. Behind it, a majestic mountain. This is where Arturo, the son of a prostitute who dies in childbirth, is born. Arturo is raised by the other prostitutes, but he moves in a strange way, looking at everyone without fear. He has a different, pure look in his eyes, and it brings hope.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
Misericordia depicts a reality steeped in poverty, illiteracy and provincialism. It explores a nightmarish state of terrible degradation, increasingly ignored by society. It recounts the fragility of women, the violence that continues to be perpetuated against them, their desperate and boundless solitude.