GREATER ADRIA
VERA
DIRECTOR: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
COUNTRY: Austria
YEAR/DURATION: 2022. • 115”
GENRE: drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Tizza Covi
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Rainer Frimmel
- EDITOR: Tizza Covi
- SCORE: Florian Benzer, Michael Pogo Kreiner
- CAST: Vera Gemma, Daniel De Palma, Sebastian Dascalu, Annamaria Ciancamerla, Walter Saabel
- PRODUCERS: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Vento Film
- SALES AGENT: Be For Films
Synopsis
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight-year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realise that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.
Festivals and awards
Venice Film Festival 2022 (Orizzonti section) ― Best Actress and Best Directors
Trailer
About the directors
Tizza Covi (1971.) i Rainer Frimmel (1971.) have worked together on films, theatre and photography since 1996. In 2002 they founded their own film production company Vento Film. They received numerous awards for their documentaries Das ist alles and Babooska, including the Wolfgang-Staudte Prize at the Berlinale. La pivellina, their first feature, was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes and was Austria’s official entry for the Oscars 2011. Their second feature film Der Glanz des Tages / The Shine of Day, (2012) received the Silver Leopard for best actor in Locarno and the Max Ophüls Prize in Saarbrücken. Their third feature film Mister Universo (2016) also premiered in Locarno where it received the FIPRESCI Award. Like all their films it was realised with non-professional actors and shot on Super 16mm film.
Screening
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- VALLI CINEMA – MONDAY 17.7.2023.
20:00
- VALLI CINEMA – MONDAY 17.7.2023.
FREE ENTRANCE
