THE LIBERATION

44° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
OUT OF COMPETITION

THE LIBERATION

THE LIBERATION
by Guy Nattiv
Country: USA
Year: 2026
Duration: 124'


For Rita, the daily routine of being a bank vice president, wife, and mother to two children nearing the empty nest stage has just collided with the resurgence of a deeply painful chapter in her family history. She tries various methods—all frustratingly temporary—to cope with her anxiety, until a mysterious new client, Ricki, walks into her bank. Along with making a substantial deposit, Ricki extends an even more intriguing offer: joining a group of women that very evening for a sunset ritual, in the hope of finding a new purpose in life. Much to her family's dismay, Rita immerses herself in an organization with plenty of skeletons in its closet, ultimately leaving it to help Ricki found an all-female rural commune.

Biography

film director

Guy Nattiv

(Israel), graduated from the Camera Obscura School for the Arts. He directed the Oscar-winning short film Skin (2018), and its feature-length version, Skin (2018), which premiered at the Festival. He co-directed the feature films Strangers (2007), Magic Men (2014), and Tatami (2023), directed with Zar Amir Ebrahimi, which premiered in Venice.

FILMOGRAFIA

Mabul (cm, 2002), Strangers (cm, 2003), Offside (cm, 2006), Strangers (2007), Mabul / The Flood (2010), Dear God (cm, 2014), Magic Men (2014), Skin (cm, 2018), Skin (2018), 100 Meters Away (miniserie TV, 2020), Golda (2023), Tatami (coregia Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Tatami - Una donna in lotta per la libertà (2023), The Liberation (2026).

Declaration

film director

(Israel), graduated from the Camera Obscura School for the Arts. He directed the Oscar-winning short film Skin (2018), and its feature-length version, Skin (2018), which premiered at the Festival. He co-directed the feature films Strangers (2007), Magic Men (2014), and Tatami (2023), directed with Zar Amir Ebrahimi, which premiered in Venice.

Cast

& Credits

DIRECTOR: Guy Nattiv. SCREENPLAY: Noa Berman-Herzberg, Guy Nattiv. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Fabian Gamper, Tudor Vladimir Panduru. EDITING: Sabine Hoffman, Yuval Orr. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Brian Kane. MUSIC: Dascha Dauenhauer. SOUND: Matt Drake. CAST: Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey, Odessa Young, Tracy Letts, Jaime Ray Newman, Sharon Taylor, Siobhan Williams, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Philip Granger, Geoff Gustafson, John Cassini, Nels Lennarson, Caitlin Stryker, Ken Kramer, Maia Michaels. PRODUCTION: Julia Lebedev, Roy Lee, Oren Moverman, Guy Nattiv, Jaime Ray Newman, Steven Schneider, Eddie Vaisman for Sight Unseen, New Native, Spooky Pictures, Image Nation. COPRODUCTION: Daniel Bekerman, Jordan Hart, Neil Mathieson, Ben Ross, Kent Sanderson, Rami Yasin. CONTACT: Embankment Films - https://embankmentfilms.com/
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