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Completed - ITALIAN - Female director, Family, Drama - 75 minutes

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Cora, a 19-year-old girl, has just returned to Bucco, the place where she spent her childhood. Together with her father Michele, the mayor, and her grandmother, they work to organize the important celebration of the Virgin of Bucco, an annual event which attracts numerous tourists and pilgrims. But

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Klaudia REYNICKE
Writer(s) : Klaudia REYNICKE, Tianna MAJUMDAR-LANGHAM
Cast : Ondina QUADRI, Fabrizio RONGIONE, Diego RIBON, Sonia GESSNER, Giovanni FRANZONI, Luigi DIBERTI

Producer(s) : Tiziana SOUDANI (AMKA FILMS PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

Cora, a 19-year-old girl, has just returned to Bucco, the place where she spent her childhood. Together with her father Michele, the mayor, and her grandmother, they work to organize the important celebration of the Virgin of Bucco, an annual event which attracts numerous tourists and pilgrims. But the arrival of a mysterious man gradually upsets the harmony of the village, causing certain dark events from the past to resurface.
A story of the sense of belonging, the refusal of guilt, the weight of lies and their aftermath.

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Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND

Festivals and Awards

Locarno Film Festival 2016 (Cinéastes du Présent)
Braunschweig International Film Festival 2016
Ventana Sur Mar 2016
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2016
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017 (Nominated for ADL Stand Up Award)
Uruguay International Film Festival 2017
Swiss Cinema in Venice 2017
Sguardi Altrove 2017
International Women Film Festival 2017
Bolzano Film Festival 2017
Montevideo Uruguay International Film Festival 2017
Neue Heimat Film Festival Freistadt 2017
Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2017
Swiss Focus Guwahati International Film Festival 2018


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