Carillon

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Trailer

original title:

Carillon

directed by:

cast:

Roberto Ciufoli, Alessandro Costantini, Anna Forcina, Chiara Parolo, Claudio Giovannini, Cristina Nardin, Davide Gaeta, Enrico Modeo, Gian Mattia Giovannini, Giorgia Gasparini, Giovanna Picarone, Giuseppe Galante, Guglielmo Alessandro Marcelli, Jong Wook Pettazzi, Margherita Iaschi, Marialuce Francazi, Piera Cuccia, Roberto Baldori

cinematography:

music:

Chiara Parolo

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2024

film run:

8'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/08/2024)

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles Short Film Award 2024

In complete solitude, a director sits in the external patio of a villa in the heart of Tuscany, with a film script that he plans to shoot in this location. As he flips through the pages, he focuses on six scenes, imagining how they could be realized with the actors. The plot takes a twist when the sound of a music box (carillon) reaches his ears, emanating from the sixth scene he has envisioned. To his great surprise, he enters the villa, which is empty, and finds the carillon playing. Who could have started it? The three young women in the scene are merely script characters, products of his imagination. The answer is provided by the director himself, who breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience directly.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
Drawing on Gerard Genette's concepts of narrative focus and the shifts in narrative levels unique to literature, theater, and cinema, the film raises an age-old question: Does the stage present slices of life, or is it our lives that are performed as if on stage? Carillon navigates the boundary between reality and the surreal, exploring the mystery of existence with the universe as a stage and us as actors interpreting our own lives.