La merveilleuse douleur du genêt
The Wonderful Pain of the Wild Broom
Il meraviglioso dolore della ginestra
Switzerland, April 2023
FILM,
Documentary,
22 min.
- directed by
- Olivia Calcaterra
- Written by
- Olivia Calcaterra
- Status
- In distribution
The director travels to Almeria in Spain to rescue abandoned greyhounds. Using the method of introspection, she explores abandonment as such and makes a connection between human and canine feelings. Reportage and experimental film merge, dog and human become one in the face of abandonment.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2023
- Original Version
- Italian, Spanish (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 22 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-3A14-0000-8-0000-0000-D
- Production
- Picfilm, École cantonale d'art de Lausanne Département Cinéma, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Nicola Genni
- directed by
- Olivia Calcaterra
- Written by
- Olivia Calcaterra
- Cinematography
- Loris Theurillat
- Editing
- Atef Maslah
- Location Sound Mix
- Vittorio Castellano
- Sound Editing
- Maria Luiza Brandão Vaz, Pol Barrelet
- Re-Recording Mix
- Najib El Yafi
- Music
- Alessandro Passerini
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Picfilm
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, 59. Solothurner Filmtage
17.01.2024 - 24.01.2024 -
Uppsala, 42nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival
23.10.2023 - 29.10.2023 -
Nyon, 29e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
21.04.2023 - 30.04.2023