CYCLE: DIRECTOR

From 07.11. To 12.11.2016.

Program of contemporary Italian films

Lamberto Sanfelice

 

Director

Sanfelice is an Italian director and screenwriter. After the short feature film Il fischietto (2012) he made his debut with the full-length drama Chlorine (Cloro, 2015). It was part of the competition program at the Sundance Film Festival and in Berlin it was part of an unofficial program; in both cases it was a great success.

Filmography


Films by this director

Chlorine

(Cloro, Italy, 2015)

Directed by: Lamberto Sanfelice
PHOTOGRAPHY: Michele Paradisi
Synopsis:

Seventeen year old Jenny is a member of the national junior team of synchronized swimmers. All she thinks about and cares about is the competitions. However, family troubles will force her to neglect her primary interest. After her mother’s death, her father Alfio experiences a nervous breakdown and loses his job and their home. So Jenny, her father and eight year old brother Fabrizio move from a coastal town to her uncle’s house in the mountains. Now Jenny has to take care of the family.

color, digital, 98 min
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