Country: France, Italy
Year: 2025
Duration: 80'
Three crucial moments mark the life of the renowned Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda: the unexpected arrival of her mother from Nuoro, the hours before winning the world’s most prestigious award, and the moments when a doctor looks into her eyes, searching for words that won’t hurt too much. In between lies the entire life of the only Italian woman to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. By tracing that life with warmth, the film also explores the relationship between women and literature, as well as the contemporary female condition.
Biography
film director
Peter Marcias
(Oristano, 1977), director and screenwriter, he made his debut with numerous short films presented at international festivals in Taipei, Giffoni, Istanbul, and São Paulo. He made his feature film debut with Un attimo sospesi, followed by I bambini della sua vita, which won the Globo d'Oro for Best Actress for Piera Degli Esposti, and Dimmi che destino avrò, which had its world premiere at the Turin Film Festival. He has directed numerous documentaries: Liliana Cavani, una donna nel cinema, presented at the Giornate degli Autori and the Moscow International Film Festival; Tutte le storie di Piera, at the Turin Film Festival and winner of the Nastro d'Argento Speciale; Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne, at the Venice Film Festival's Giornate degli Autori. Her works testify to a strong interest in cinema linked to artistic, social, and political themes.
FILMOGRAFIA
Un attimo sospesi (2008), Liliana Cavani, una donna nel cinema (doc., 2010), I bambini della sua vita (2011), Dimmi che destino avrò (2012), Tutte le storie di Piera (doc., 2013), La nostra quarantena (2015), Silenzi e parole (doc, 2017), Uno sguardo alla Terra (doc, 2018), Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne (doc, 2020), Uomini in marcia (doc, 2023), Looking For Nivola (2025), Quasi Grazia (2025).
Declaration
film director
“Few female figures in the history of Sardinia can be seen as symbols of the struggle for emancipation and for equal rights between men and women like the writer Grazia Deledda, the first and still the only Italian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. A woman of international stature, but above all a true daughter of Barbagia, who – through determination and perseverance, fighting and prevailing against prejudice and obstruction, largely due to her being a ‘modern woman’ – succeeded in reaching the highest levels at a time when feminism and equal opportunity were concepts deemed abstruse, if not rejected outright, even within the so-called ‘enlightened’ circles of the intellectual elite.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Peter Marcias. STORY: from the novel of the same title by Marcello Fois. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Valerio Azzali. FILM EDITING: Fabrizio Federico: PRODUCTION DESIGN: Barbara Tomada. COSTUME DESIGN: Lugi Bonanno. MUSICA: Éric Neveux. CAST: Laura Morante, Irene Maiorino, Ivana Monti, Monica Demuru, Roberto De Francesco, Stefano Mereu, Gala Zohar Martinucci, Roberto Citran, Enrichetta Ranieri Martinotti. PRODUCTION: Camillo Esposito for Capetown, Laurentina Guidotti, Conchita Airoldi for Urania Pictures, Denis Friedman Productions.
CONTACT: Urania Pictures info@uraniapictures.com
