original title:
Bellas Mariposas
directed by:
cast:
Micaela Ramazzotti, Andrea Mameli, Sara Podda, Maya Mulas, Davide Todde, Luciano Curreli
screenplay:
Salvatore Mereu, from the novel by Sergio Atzeni with the same title
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
Antonio Castrignanò, Train to Roots, Balentes, Rosalba Piras
production:
Viacolvento, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Sardegna, Sardegna Film Commission Foundation
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2011
film run:
100'
format:
35mm - colour
release date:
09/05/2013
festivals & awards:
3 August, Cagliari: a poor neighborhood. At three in the morning eleven-year-old Cate is woken by the screams of her eccentric neighbor. Cate wants to run away from that apartment, from her numerous and problematic siblings and her tyrannical father. Only Gigi, a neighbor, is worthy of her love. She does not want to end up like her sister Mandarina, who got pregnant at thirteen. Or like Samantha, the neighborhood sex siren. And today, on 3 August, Gigi’s life is in danger: Tonio, Cate’s brother, wants to kill him. Cate warns Luna, her best friend. The two of them spend the longest day of their lives between the city, the sea and a thousand adventures. But her beloved Gigi is in danger. And when everything seems lost, during the night a beautiful woman appears out of nowhere: the mysterious Aleni, a witch who apparently can see into people’s futures...