original title:
Anime galleggianti
directed by:
cast:
Benjamin Miyakawa, Valentina Picciau, Anastasiya Bogach, Egidiana Carta
screenplay:
Maria Giménez Cavallo, Jackson Giuricich
cinematography:
Nicholas Giuricich
editing:
set design:
Francesca Angioni
costume design:
producer:
Jo Ann Cavallo, Maria Giménez Cavallo, Jackson Giuricich
production:
Anima Films, with the support of Sardegna Film Commission Foundation
distribution:
world sales:
country:
USA/Italy
year:
2024
film run:
70'
format:
colour
aspect ratio:
16:9
status:
Ready (19/12/2024)
festivals & awards:
Wandering Souls reinterprets the stories of the most intriguing characters of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, including Persephone, Arachne, Callisto, Europa, Daphne and Orpheus. The transformations of forms into new bodies are narrated by the Parca who cuts the thread of life. These episodes are interwoven and tied together by the presence of the philosopher Pythagoras, who accompanies us on a journey from the origins of the world to the present day. The mythological tales are reinvented through Sardinian tradition and culture. A hybrid experiment between reality and imagination, the film is also the result of a close collaboration with artisans, musicians and local inhabitants. The metamorphoses culminate in the carnival ritual, symbolized by the island's archaic masks, neither human nor animal, but almost divine figures that visually transcend the boundaries of the natural worlds. Embracing a poetic, post-humanist and non-anthropocentric vision, the film places nature in the foreground. It aims to make the invisible visible, and reveal the eternal transmigration of souls.