Feature Film
Official Selection: 79th Venice International Film Festival (2022) (Horizons Extra)
Official Selection: 47th Toronto International Film Festival (2022) (Contemporary World Cinema)
Italian Cinema Release: 13th October 2022
“It is a movie that sustains its own very stylish and confident language […] It is a film of style and surface, and these are cleverly created and maintained.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, ★★★★
"Cavalli’s sharp dialogue and Lorenzo Levrini’s stylish cinematography — isolating shots and bold alternating colour palettes — capture the zeitgeist of cultural irreverence and the underlying thrum of anxiety particular to Gen Z. The result is a film that feels completely modern while evoking the energy of youth-centred New Wave cinemas."
Robyn Citizen, TIFF
"With cinematographer Lorenzo Levrini, Cavalli is able to express how Amanda is surrounded by shambling decadence in expensive but decaying houses, a foundation where her standing is never threatened but no longer look like they allow for the capability to grow [...] Cavalli makes it so easy to fall for her and as you see Amanda break out of the gilded cage she finds herself in, it feels like a breakthrough for its wildly talented filmmaker as well."
Stephen Saito, The Moveable Feast
"The film’s visuals have a vintage mood, with an atmosphere more reminiscent of an imagined 70s than of anything contemporary (Given by Martino Bonanomi’s production design, Francesca Cibischino’s costumes but above all by DOP Lorenzo Levrini’s light)."
Alice Catucci, Sentieri Selvaggi
Starring Benedetta Porcaroli, Galatea Bellugi, Michele Bravi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno.
Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it’s the thing she wants the most. When she discovers that as toddlers her and Rebecca used to spend a lot of time together, Amanda chooses her new mission: to convince her that they are still best friends.
Director: Carolina Cavalli
Producers: Annamaria Morelli / Antonio Celsi
Production Company: Elsinore Film
Red Gemini / Leica Summicron-C