Country: Italy
Year: 1993
Duration: 10'
A kind of stream of consciousness that deals with thoughts about death accompanied by images that portray the actress, Astrid, who is six months pregnant. The empty contrasts with the full. The fleetingness of things and anguish of nothingness lose energy in front of the life that is forming.
Biography
film director
Francesca Lari
Francesca Lari (Turin, 1964) has a university degree in modem languages and literatures. She is involved in visual communications and has made fiction videos and video reports, some of which have been presented at past Bellaria and Turin Film Festivals. She does translations from German, English, and French for the publishers, Bollati Boringhieri and Umberto Allemandi. She has worked for Rai as programming assistant for DSE La scuola si aggiorna and Parlato semplice. She made the videos: Il bosco di Jacob (1988), Mai più (1992), Manu Dibango (1992) and Pensieri sulla fine (1993).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Francesca Lari.
Director of photography: Martin Voncreytz.
Music: David Darling, Michael Jones, Wim Mertens, Arvo Part, Erik Satie, Penguin Cafè Orchestra.
Sound: Marco Bisi.
Editor: Francesca Lari, Giorgio Lari.
Cast: Astrid Killinger.
Production company: Studio Giorgio Lari, via Giacosa 21bis, 10125 Torino, tel. +39-011-655191.
Director of photography: Martin Voncreytz.
Music: David Darling, Michael Jones, Wim Mertens, Arvo Part, Erik Satie, Penguin Cafè Orchestra.
Sound: Marco Bisi.
Editor: Francesca Lari, Giorgio Lari.
Cast: Astrid Killinger.
Production company: Studio Giorgio Lari, via Giacosa 21bis, 10125 Torino, tel. +39-011-655191.