MISERICORDIA
SYNOPSIS
Sicily. Contrada Tuono, a small seaside village with stone huts, surrounded by waste anddebris. Behind it, a majestic mountain. This is where Arturo (Simone Zambelli) was born and where his mother died giving birth to him. Betta (Simona Malato) and Nuccia (Tiziana Cuticchio), with the help of young Anna (Milena Catalano), prostitutes like his mother was, take Arturo in and raise him as if he was their own son. Now eighteen years old, Arturo is seemingly different. He is not like other people his age. Though he looks like a man, he behaves like a child. He is unable to speak and moves in an odd way. Arturo navigates the world with a soul that is at times too pure but inspires hope and joy in the village. But like everyone else in Contrada Tuono, he must fight for survival.
Festival Publicity - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
World Premiere Italy - Drama - 95 mins - 2023
Directed by Emma Dante - Produced by Rosamont and Rai Cinema International Sales: CHARADES Official Selection: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023 Awards: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023, Grand Prix for Best Film and Best Actor for Simone Zambelli
IN THE PRESS…
" A densely allegorical and furiously feminist work."
“Emma Dante confirms her full expressive force by way of her third feature film”
"A tale of hope and joy at the face of the most extreme adversity.”
— D Movies