The world saved by girls

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The world saved by girls (Il mondo salvato dalle ragazzine)

original title:

Il mondo salvato dalle ragazzine

directed by:

cast:

Viola Manganelli, Matilda Pigliaru, Elisabetta Orani, Lana, Maria, Sandra Sulejmanovic

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.