SOFIA

At thirteen, Clara is experiencing the passage from childhood games
to adolescence’s first dreams of independence. Her sister Sofia, on the
other hand, is ten years old and has her own way of communicating.
Words don’t suit her and she prefers to find a language in the sounds
made by everyday objects. A paintbrush knocking against a glass jar
can become a call for help or only an attempt to manifest her presence.
Her family accepts Sofia’s silence, but Clara is the one who feels it most
and reveals her discomfort with a gesture.

“A ten-year-old girl uses silence to communicate. I tried to tell a story
through the absence of words. I think that silence has the function of
filling the empty spaces of the story, rather than creating them. Dilating
time was the only way to talk about a thirteen-year-old girl who seeks
communication but who only finds the futility of words.”

regia, produttore/director, producer Carlo Sironi
sceneggiatura/screenplay Giulia Moriggi
fotografia/cinematography Michele D’Attanasio
montaggio/film editing Andrea Maguolo
scenografia/production design Paki Meduri
suono/sound Mirko Perri
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Elena Bizzaglia (Clara), Blu Yoshimi (Sofia), Alessandra Roca (la madre/Mother), Gualtiero Burzi (il padre/Father)