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Amusia (first feature)

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Amusia

Amusia

original title:

Amusia

directed by:

Marescotti Ruspoli

cast:

Carlotta Gamba, Giampiero De Concilio, Fanny Ardant, Maurizio Lombardi, Adriano Chiaramida

screenplay:

Marescotti Ruspoli

cinematography:

Luca Bigazzi

editing:

Gianluca Scarpa

set design:

Monica Sallustio

costume design:

Frieda Basso Boccabella

producer:

Lorenzo Fiuzzi, Bardo Tarantelli

production:

UMI Films, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Emilia-Romagna, Regione Lazio, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Roma Lazio Film Commission

distribution:

102 Distribution [Italy], IndieCan Entertainment [Canada], D6 Motion Pictures [Japan], Reverso Films [Spain], IndieCan Entertainment [United States], Skyline IFE (Airlines) [Worldwide]

world sales:

Intramovies [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

91'

format:

colour

release date:

27/04/2023

festivals & awards:

  • BIF&ST – Bari International Film& Festival 2023: Panorama internazionale
  • Shanghai International Film Festival 2023: Global Village: Focus Italy
  • Villerupt Italian Film Festival 2023: Compétition - Amilcar du Jury Jeunes
  • Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022: First Feature Competition - Audience Award
  • Fabrique du Cinema Awards 2022: Nomination per Miglior opera innovativa, Migliore attrice
  • Rising Sun Film Festival 2023: Competition
  • Europe On Screen Film Festival 2023: Official Selection
  • Magna Graecia Film Festival 2023: Concorso
  • Jecheon Intl Music & Film Festival 2023: Official Selection
  • Cheltenham International Film Festival 2023: Official Competition
  • Amarcort Film Festival 2023: Premio del Pubblico
  • Le Mans Italian Film Festival 2024: Official Competition
  • Festival del Cinema di Spello 2024: in Concorso
  • Festival del Cinema Città di Spello ed i Borghi Umbri 2024: Migliori musiche, Miglior presa diretta, Miglior sound design, Miglior montaggio del suono
  • Sopot Film Festival 2024: in Competition
  • Kölner Kino Nachte 2024

In a world saturated with music, a girl is born without the means to hear it. Her disease is called Amusia: it exists but nobody knows about it; it tortures her but nobody believes it. A lonely childhood, spent defending herself from accusations and prejudice, pushes her to run away and end up in a suburban reality, a forgotten and slightly oneiric microcosm in which a boy fights his own solitude through music as he tries to prevent his dreams from rotting away.
A love story between two people that turn out to be not so different after all.