LA NONNA

In a big house whose furniture hides secrets, every morning, the solitary
grandmother humors the small fixations of old age and rummages
among the drawers and kitchen cupboards. Her days pass in solitude
and each gesture can take all the time it needs; the old woman doesn’t
overlook a crumb on the table or the leaves that have fallen onto
the white family tomb in the cemetery. Her life passes tranquilly,
with sporadic visits by her daughter and the occasional small
resentment, until one morning her life is completely changed.

“I got the idea for the film during a dinner at a family wedding.
The grandmother was sitting at a table and her bewilderment was
evident. She looked around without managing to start a conversation;
there was a tall, bare white wall looming over her. In this description
of an alienating limbo of the eternity of memories and love, the stylistic
features of horror, noir and science fiction films spontaneously emerged
from the realistic backdrop, first discretely then with a sudden rush.”

regia, montaggio, produttore/director, film editing, producer Massimo Alì Mohammad
sceneggiatura/screenplay Massimo Alì Mohammad, Ylenia Passaro
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Maria Carmen Savarese (la nonna/Grandmother),Carla Trotta (la figlia/Daughter), Francesco Velonà (l’uomo alla guida/Driver)