“I found you a suitable widower – he has ten children and needs to take a rest.” Life wasn’t easy for women in Italy in the year 1800, and it didn’t matter that (like the heroines of Gloria!) they were putting together a new piece at the music institute for the recently elected pope. For her directorial debut, Italian actress Margherita Vicario has chosen to explore this forgotten chapter of history. Her film, which was shown in competition at this year’s Berlinale, reminds us that music history is not just about male composers, and that sometimes even an art school can be a place from which we need to escape into dreams and fantasies.
Viktor Palák
106 min / Color, DCP
Director Margherita Vicario
/ Screenplay Anita Rivaroli, Margherita Vicario
/ Dir. of Photography Gianluca Rocco Palma
/ Music Margherita Vicario, Davide Pavanello
/ Sound Daniela Bassani
/ Editor Christian Marsiglia
/ Art Director Luca Servino, Susanna Abenavoli
/ Producer Valeria Jamonte, Manuela Melissano, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Paolo Del Brocco
/ Production Tempesta s.r.l.
/ Coproduction Tellfilm
/ Cast Galatea Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda, Paolo Rossi, Stefano Belisari aka Elio, Natalino Balasso, Anita Kravo
/ Sales Rai Cinema
Margherita Vicario (1988, Rome). Filmography: Gloria! (2024).
Rai Cinema
Piazza Adriana 12, 00193, Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 063 317 9417
Margherita Vicario
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