Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 35'
Interview with a Roman transvestite who has suffered most of the violent and unjust actions that society usually inflicts on homosexuals. In spite of everything, he survived and, more than that, revamped his daily life, almost forgetting, or better, canceling out the signs of the sadness he had gone through. However, when he talks about himself, traces of Claretta turn up. This is a Claretta who has been violated, laughed at, and persecuted, and who must have had so much need for a little bit of love.
"When I met Claretta, I felt she had a great desire to tell her own story, to 'put light on' her life and on the stories and conditions of homosexuals. I made this report in an effort to film her by letting her have the room she asked me for. I hope I succeeded." (Paola Pannicelli)
Biography
film director
Paola Pannicelli
Paola Pannicelli (Rome, 1957) has been working in television since 1978. She has worked in the making of films and documentaries with Thomas Harlan, Alberto Grifi, Virginia Onorato, and Guido Morandini.
FILMOGRAFIA
Cosa farò da grande (video, 1990), Un giorno con Nick Cave a Roma (video, 1992), Claretta (video, 1993), …e alla fine ho trovato il deserto, a Roma (video, 1993).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Paola Pannicelli.
Director of photography: Alberto Grifo.
Music: Carla Bleir.
Editor: Nicola Pezzillo.
Cast: Claretta.
Production company: Filmart di Paolo Boccio, via Carlo Emery 47, 00188 Roma, tel. +39-06-3328027.
Italian distribution: Rai3.
Director of photography: Alberto Grifo.
Music: Carla Bleir.
Editor: Nicola Pezzillo.
Cast: Claretta.
Production company: Filmart di Paolo Boccio, via Carlo Emery 47, 00188 Roma, tel. +39-06-3328027.
Italian distribution: Rai3.