original title:
Supereroi
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production:
World Video Production, Ballandi, Bling Flamingo, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Lazio
country:
Italy/Francia
year:
2024
film run:
97'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (20/09/2024)
festivals & awards:
Alvaro and Jenny are father and daughter. She’s a rising competitive swimmer, he’s a truck driver and her biggest fan. But their relationship took a hit when Alvaro left Jenny’s mother, which Jenny can’t forgive him for. Things change when Alvaro becomes ill, and Jenny’s the only one there to help him. Forced to reconnect, they rediscover their close bond, long repressed. By dint of sacrifices, they will both gain a new future.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
The setting of the film is the human beings themselves: the camera’s gaze and the individual shots capture the characters’ psychological dynamics, emotional journeys and physical changes. The repetitive gestures and atmospheres of the film track the characters’ physical and emotional evolutions, marking the developments in the script and the camera moves that reflect them. This makes for a narrative in which the representation of action and the outer side of life recede, while pain and suffering and images immersed in silence and time come to the fore, as do the bodies of the actors and their facial expressions, which often speak volumes. No words are needed.