REGINA
by ALESSANDRO GRANDE
Written by Alessandro Grande / Photography Francesco Di Pierro / Editing Annalisa Forgione / Starring Ginevra Francesconi, Francesco Montanari, Barbara Giordano, Max Mazzotta / Produced by Bianca Film, Rai Cinema, with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture, with the support of Fondazione Calabria Film Commission
Italy 2020 / 82′
V.O.
The vicissitudes of the very young Regina are told set against the background of the Calabria region presented from an unusual viewpoint. After having prematurely lost her mother, she grows up with her father Luigi with whom she shares a passion for music.
The mutual support and care and the indissoluble bond between the two are put to the test by a traumatic event, which will end up turning upside down and changing their lives.
It is a dramatic interplay between faults, responsibilities, and acquisition of awareness, and also a clash, comparison, and an encounter between generations.
DIRECTOR
Alessandro Grande, Calabrian director and screenwriter, he began his artistic career in the theater. Before making his first feature film, ‘Regina’, he became well-known through a series of short films, such as ‘In my prison’ (2010) and ‘Bismillah’ (2018), which won a prize at the David di Donatello Awards.
© Koro Films, 2019