original title:
Il mondo salvato dalle ragazzine
directed by:
cast:
Viola Manganelli, Matilda Pigliaru, Elisabetta Orani, Lana, Maria, Sandra Sulejmanovic
cinematography:
editing:
music:
Alessandro Olla
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2023
film run:
20'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (01/12/2023)
A waterpark slide brings us into the lives and fantasies of
five adolescent girls. Born in Sardinia's northwestern town
of Sassari, in the middle of the Mediterranean sea.
In an interplay of urban streets and black holes of
imagination, a joint journey of filmmaking and immersion in
reality unfolds. The girls want to save the world, but we
don't know if they'll be successful. We only know they have
superpowers, something to say, and unpredictable desires.
The protagonist of this docu-fantasy is the imagination.
Dreams, fantasy, and the eviction of a Roma camp all
interact in this never-ending experience and film. Life
bursts into cinema and vice versa. The protagonists think
they've made a Fantasy film, while the author believes she
has created a documentary.
Adolescence is always a struggle, and imagination is
always revolutionary.