| Director: | Massimo d’Anolfi, Martina Parenti |
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| Production: | Montmorency Film (Martina Parenti, Massimo D’Anolfi) - with Rai Cinema, Lomotion (David Fonjallaz, Louis Mataré), SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR - with the support of di MIC, Eurimages, PR FESR Lombardia 2021- 2027 - Bando “Lombardia per il cinema”, Berner Filmförderung Burgergemeinde Bern - in association with Luce Cinecittà - in participation with Eye Filmmuseum Cinémathèque Suisse |
| Running Time: | 206’ |
| Language: | English, German, Italian |
| Country: | Italy, Switzerland |
| Screenplay: | Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti |
| Cinematographer: | Massimo D’Anolfi |
| Editor: | Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti |
| Music: | Massimo Mariani |
| Sound: | Massimo D’Anolfi, Agit Utlu |
Cinema
Bestiari, erbari, lapidari
Out of Competition
synopsis
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari is a docu-encyclopedia, divided into three acts, each of which deals with a single subject: animals, plants, stones. The film is a tribute to those “unknown” and in some ways truly alien worlds, made of animals, plants and minerals, which we too often take for granted, but with which we should be in constant dialogue since they constitute the essential part of our existence on planet Earth. Told through three distinct storytelling techniques, the acts of the film trace a single dramatic arc. Bestiari is a found-footage on how and why cinema has obsessively represented animals; Erbari, on the other hand, is a poetic observational documentary from inside Padua’s Botanical Gardens; Lapidari, finally, an industrial and emotional film about the transformation of stone into collective memory. Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari is a sentimental journey through the culture, science and art of our old continent.
directors' statement
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari, in its entirety, proceeds like an essay film: the video camera pointed at what happens before our eyes and ears. The story has a narrative structure that combines rational and emotional thinking. We believe that our task is to “re-invent” a vision and a representation of reality and try to establish vital relationships between the elements that make up the shots of the work. Each viewer has the task of enriching the film with their own baggage of experiences, interests, readings or cinematic visions.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Martina Parenti - montmorency film
via burigozzo 8
20122, Milan, Italy
Tel. +39 3358436922
montmorencyfilm@yahoo.it
PRODUCTION 2: lomotion
Weyermannsstrasse 28
3008, Bern, Switzerland
Tel. +41 313880066
david@lomotion.ch
WORLD SALES: Raffaella Di Giulio – Fandango
raffaella.digiulio@fandango.it
Tel. +39 0685218111
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Enrico Bufalini - Cinecittà – Luce
e.bufalini@cinecitta.it
PRESS OFFICE : Gloria Zerbinati
Via Palmiro Togliatti 15
45010 Rovigo, Italy
(0)7 86 80 02 82
gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com
