Ophelia did not drown (first feature)

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Ophelia did not drown (Ofelia non annega)

Ophelia did not drown (Ofelia non annega)

original title:

Ofelia non annega

directed by:

cast:

Francesca Fini, Simona Sorbello, Inanna Trillis, Daniela Cavallini, Alessandro Parise, Alessia Latorre, Marzia De Maria, Marco Fioramanti, Daniele Sirotti, Giulio Bianchini, Sylvia Di Ianni, Letizia Lucchini

screenplay:

cinematography:

Roberto De Amicis,

production:

Francesca Fini, Luce Cinecittà, Avvertenze Generali

country:

Italy

year:

2016

film run:

90'

format:

colour

release date:

20/06/2016

festivals & awards:

  • Watermill Center 2016
  • Videoformes 2016
  • Fonlad Digital Art Festival 2016

"Ophelia did not drown” is a performance art film produced in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà. The movie integrates heterogeneous languages seemingly incompatible: the sociological national repertoire and original performance art specifically designed for this project. At the center the movie is an Ophelia who is different from any literary tradition: not the fragile teenager in love with Hamlet, but many women of different colors, features and ages. A modern contemporary Ophelia, very sweet but also cynical. Our Ophelia is not lost in the woods of Denmark, but in the countryside of Lazio, from the Gazometro to the junkyard in Cisterna di Latina, from the arid limestone caves of Riano Flaminio to the wonderful futuristic Villa Perugini in Fregene, passing through another thrilling scenic ride on a tourist bus in Rome. our Ophelia eventually does not drown, renouncing her destiny of romantic heroine to become a "normal person".