Arianna

  • 84'
  • Italy
  • 2015
In this sober, unsullied coming-of-age film, the 19-year-old protagonist Arianna (Ondina Quadri) struggles with her body, sexuality and identity. In the symbolic opening scene that marks the start of her quest, gorgeous Arianna with her bright green eyes floats in a cool lake, just like Hermaphrodite in Greek mythology.
Arianna was, as she immediately explains in the voice-over, born three times: once as a boy, once as a girl and a third time during the decisive summer at her family’s old country home. Despite her age, her breasts still don’t seem fully developed, she has never had her period and sex is unknown territory. When she is confronted with her younger cousin who has blossomed into a woman, Arianna sets out to answer fundamental questions about life that she has had, subconsciously or otherwise, for years.
  • 84'
  • Italy
  • 2015
Director
Carlo Lavagna
Country of production
Italy
Year
2015
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
84'
Medium
DCP
Language
Italian
Producers
Tommaso Bertani, Damiano Ticconi, Carlo Lavagna
Production Company
Ring Film
Sales
Rai Com
Screenplay
Carlo Lavagna, Carlo Salsa, Chiara Barzini
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Editor
Lizabeth Gelber
Production Design
Fabrizio d'Arpino
Sound Design
Ivano Mataldi
Music
Emanuele de Raymondi
Cast
Corrado Sassi, Valentina Carnelutti, Ondina Quadri
Website
http://www.ringfilm.it/arianna
Director
Carlo Lavagna
Country of production
Italy
Year
2015
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
84'
Medium
DCP
Language
Italian
Producers
Tommaso Bertani, Damiano Ticconi, Carlo Lavagna
Production Company
Ring Film
Sales
Rai Com
Screenplay
Carlo Lavagna, Carlo Salsa, Chiara Barzini
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Editor
Lizabeth Gelber
Production Design
Fabrizio d'Arpino
Sound Design
Ivano Mataldi
Music
Emanuele de Raymondi
Cast
Corrado Sassi, Valentina Carnelutti, Ondina Quadri
Website
http://www.ringfilm.it/arianna