original title:
Lea e il Fenicottero
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
set design:
Rosaria Minervini
costume design:
Bianca Gervasio
music:
production:
Assedio Film, Beagle Media, Open Mind, with the support of Apulia Film Commission
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2023
film run:
27'
format:
4K - colour
status:
Ready (31/07/2023)
festivals & awards:
In Italy, where the conservative government seeks to imprison all transgender individuals as a threat to traditional family values, Lea (45), a transgender woman held in isolation in a remote mountain prison, falls into a deep depression.As imaginary scenarios shape in her mind, the country erupts into social conflict and Lea will have the opportunity, mixing reality and imagination, to find a role that restores her will to live and fight for her freedom, and for the freedom of all transgender people.