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Live flesh

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Live flesh (Carneviva)

original title:

Carneviva

directed by:

Francesco Leonardi

cast:

Saverio Malara, Francesco Tramontana

screenplay:

Francesco Leonardi

cinematography:

Sandra Bidoli

editing:

Shervin Zinouzi

set design:

Francesca Nocito

costume design:

Rosanna Zolfo

producer:

Daniele Esposito

production:

Emma Film

distribution:

Premiere Film [Italy]

world sales:

Premiere Film [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2025

film run:

15'

format:

colour

aspect ratio:

1.69:1

status:

Ready (01/06/2025)

festivals & awards:

  • Torino Underground Film Festival 2025: Fuori concorso
  • Castrovillari Film Festival 2025: in Concorso
  • Ortigia Film Festival 2025: in Concorso
  • Linea d'Ombra Film Festival 2025: in Concorso

Cain is an illiterate teenager who decides to practice selective mutism and lives in symbiosis with his father on the outskirts of a placid and slow-paced province. The two hide in the folds of that poverty, living off subterfuge and violence.