LE FENNE

Summer is coming to an end in a small village suspended in time. 10 years-old Clarissa already feels like a grown up as she helps her mother and grandmother make their yearly batch of tomato sauce. But when she overhears a conversation between her mother and grandmother Clarissa discovers that she’s still missing something to be considered a woman. So begins the young girl’s journey to uncover the women’s secret; a journey which soon turns into a nightmare where things disappear and communication becomes impossible. Only after losing herself does Clarissa experience a moment of illumination that shows her the way to adulthood.

“Le Fenne emerged from my need to examine a crucial moment in the life of every woman—her first period. A mysterious, often troubling event, the cultural and physical marking of a girl’s passage into womanhood. I wanted to express that the growth of our bodies doesn’t always correspond to that of our minds, that a young girl often isn’t ready to accept and understand this inevitable physical transformation that comes crashing down from above without explanation.”

DIRECTOR, STORY: Giulia Di Maggio. SCREENPLAY: Giulia DI Maggio, Saverio Cappiello. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Giulia Di Maggio. EDITING: Giulia Di Maggio. SOUND: Saverio Cappiello. CAST: Clarissa Girardi, Marilu’ Carosielli, Viola Giarnieri, Ester De Stefano, Carmelina Girardi, Vincenzo Girardi, Rosangela Lombardi, Ferndandez Castro Linney, Miriana Girardi. PRODUCERS: Saverio Cappiello, Marco Gernone, Nicolò Accettura. PRODUCTION: Intervallo Film.