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Vademekum

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Vademekum

original title:

Vademekum

directed by:

Susy Laude

cast:

Lucia Batassa, Dino Abbrescia, Stefano Cipani

screenplay:

Susy Laude

cinematography:

Federico Annicchiarico

editing:

Giacomo Villa

set design:

Arturo Andreoli

costume design:

Roberta Goretti

music:

Francesco Cerasi

producer:

Susy Laude

production:

Aygor Production

distribution:

Save The Cut - Son of A Pitch [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2024

film run:

13'43"

format:

colour

status:

Ready (15/04/2024)

festivals & awards:

  • Festival Scrittura e Immagine 2024: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Immaginaria International Film Festival 2024: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Festival Aquicorto 2024: Miglior Corto
  • Alta Marea Festival 2024: Migliore Locandina
  • The Women's Film Festival 2024: Selezione Ufficiale
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2024: Semifinalista
  • Piceno Cinema Festival 2024: Selezione ufficiale
  • Viterbo Short - Festival del Cortometraggi- 2024: Finalista
  • Primo Piano sull’Autore - Pianeta Donna 2024: Selezione Ufficiale

In 'x' village in 'x' province, an elderly lady decides to stage a play in the theatre of her parish. She recounts her loneliness, the time that passes slowly marking her days, and describes her greatest fear and that of her peers, few of whom have come to see the play: swindling the elderly.