Country: Italy
Year: 2024
Duration: 82'
An intense exploration of the human condition, an introspective journey through which the director deals with a profound creative and existential crisis. In search of authenticity, Eleonora Danco immerses herself in various places, she encounters unique characters whose stories mirror her fears and desires. Each encounter becomes a reflection of her interior demons, transforming the lives of these people into tesserae of an emotional mosaic. Disguised as a “de Chirico-like” mannequin, the director - in sequences in which daily life segues into a dreamlike state - becomes a universal symbol of a society marked by time. Through her film, she invites spectators to reflect on their own existence, on identity, solitude, creativity…
Biography
film director
Eleonora Danco
(Italy) Director, Playwright, Writer, Actress, and Performer. Her work embodies a visceral and physical theater, marked by impact and tension, where body and text merge into a single expression. Her writing navigates between prose and slang, drama and comedy. She debuted in 1996 with Ragazze al muro, followed by Nessuno ci guarda in 2000, and several other works over the years, including Me vojo sarvà, Ero purissima, Sabbia, Scroscio, Intrattenimento violento, Donna numero 4, dEVERSIVO, and Benvenute Stelle. As an actress, she has collaborated with renowned directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Marco Bellocchio, Michele Placido, Gabriele Muccino, Pupi Avati, Ettore Scola, Vittorio Gassman, and Gigi Proietti. Her first feature film, N-CAPACE, received two special mentions at the 32nd Torino Film Festival in 2014, competing in the official selection. In 2022, she directed the short films SubReal Urbe, Ostia Ostia Ostia, and Metro C.
She has published works with publishers Minimum fax and Skira. For Radio Rai3, she created the monologue "Non parlo di me" and the documentary "Il vuoto". She has been leading workshops designed for young actors and teenagers for over fifteen years.
FILMOGRAFIA
N-Capace (2014), SubReal Urbe (cm, 2022), Ostia Ostia Ostia (cm, 2022), Metro C (cm, 2022), N-Ego (2024), FuturFestival - L’arca del Dora (coregia Marco Tecce, 2025).
Declaration
film director
“As opposed to my first movie, n-Capace, in which I dealt with adolescents and the elderly, in n-Ego I focused my attention on the world of adults. It took various steps and months to bring the cast together. I spent hours in the neighborhoods where I later shot the film, in search of human beings who instinctively struck me. It was an exhausting process but also very interesting. These encounters were followed by many auditions, before the final choice. The places, always different, are part of my past. I involved the people I chose on the street in performances, my visions, the outcome of my frequenting those neighborhoods and the people I encountered and with whom I spoke.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTO, STORY: Eleonora Danco. SCREENPLAY: Eleonora Danco, Marco Tecce. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Martina Cocco, Francesco Di Pierro. EDITING: Marco Tecce. MUSIC'S CHOICE: Marco Tecce. COSTUMES: Alessandro Lai. CAST: Eleonora Danco, Antonio Bannò, Luca Gallone, Federico Majorana, Filippo Timi, Elio Germano. CO-PRODUCTION: Jean Bréhat, Fabrizio Mosca for Tessalit Productions. PRODUCTION: Ines Vasiljević, Stefano Sardo per Nightswim, in collaboration with Rai Cinema.
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