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Festival edition: 2022
Section: Creme de la creme Competition
Dialogue language: English
Genre: drama / women / family
“Monica” is an intimate portrait of a woman who returns home after a long absence to confront the wounds of her past. Reconnecting with her mother and the rest of her family for the first time since leaving as a teenager, Monica embarks on a path of healing and acceptance. The film delves into Monica’s internal world and state of mind, her pain and fears, her needs and desires, to explore the universal themes of abandonment and forgiveness. Director’s statement: “During the past few years my mother’s illness has compelled me to confront my past and the psychological effects of abandonment. Treading between the interior and exterior, the emotional and physical, Monica explores the complexities of self-worth, the deep-rooted consequences of rejection and the lengths we go to heal our wounds”.
Director and screenwriter, born in 1982 in Trento, Italy, and based in Los Angeles. He graduated in directing from Hampshire College and from the California Institute of the Arts. His first short film, “Wunderkammer” (2008), was presented at over fifty film festivals. His debut feature film, “Medeas” (2013), premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film won him the Best Director Award at the Marrakech Film Festival and the New Voices/New Vision Award in Palm Springs. “Hannah” (2017), his second feature film, was screened at the Venice and Toronto film festivals, just like his latest film, “Monica”.
2022 Monica
2017 Hannah
2013 Medeas
2008 Wunderkammer (kr.m./short)
Screenwriter: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado
Producer: Gina Resnick, Christina Dow, Eleonora Granata Jenkinson, Andrea Pallaoro, Marina Marzotto, Mattia Oddone, Riccardo Di Pasquale, Gabriele Oricchio, Antonio Adinolfi, Giorgia Lo Savio
Editor: Paola Freddi
DOP: Katelin Arizmendi
Cast: Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close
Sound: Mirko Perri
Varient Entertainment (Gina Resnick), Solo Five Production (Christina Dow), Melograno Films (Eleonora Granata Jenkinson), Andrea Pallaoro Propaganda Italia (Marina Marzotto, Mattia Oddone), Fenix Entertainment (Riccardo Di Pasquale, Gabriele Oricchio, Ant (Production Company)
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