Elisa
Italy / Switzerland, September 2025
FILM,
Fiction,
110 min.
- directed by
- Leonardo Di Costanzo
- Written by
- Leonardo Di Costanzo, Valia Santella, Bruno Olivero
- Status
- In distribution
Elisa, 35, has been in prison for ten years for killing her older sister and burning her body without any apparent motive. She claims to remember little or nothing, as if she had cast a veil of silence over herself and her past. But when she decides to participate in criminologist Alaoui's research, her memories begin to take shape in a tense and relentless dialogue. In the painful realisation of fully acknowledging her guilt, Elisa senses the first step towards possible redemption.
Elisa, 35 anni, è in carcere da dieci anni, condannata per avere, senza motivi apparenti, ucciso la sorella maggiore e averne bruciato il cadavere. Sostiene di ricordare poco o niente del delitto, come se avesse alzato un velo di silenzio tra sé e il passato. Ma quando decide di incontrare il criminologo Alaoui e partecipare alle sue ricerche, in un dialogo teso e inesorabile i ricordi iniziano a prendere forma, e nel dolore di accettare fino in fondo la sua colpa Elisa intravede, forse, il primo passo di una possibile redenzione.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2025
- Original Version
- Italian, French (french subtitles), colour, DCP, 110 min.
- Production
- Tempesta Film, Amka Films Productions SA, RAI Cinema, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Carlo Cresto-Dina, Manuela Melissano, Amel Soudani, Michela Pini
- directed by
- Leonardo Di Costanzo
- Written by
- Leonardo Di Costanzo, Valia Santella, Bruno Olivero
- Cinematography
- Luca Bigazzi
- Editing
- Carlotta Cristiani
- Location Sound Mix
- Xavier Lavorel
- Re-Recording Mix
- Daniela Bassani
- Music
- Giorgio Oliviero
- Production Design
- Luca Servino
- Costumes
- Bettina Pontiggia
- Make up
- Jean Cotter
Cast
Barbara Ronchi as Elisa
Roschdy Zem as Alaoui
Diego Ribon as Elisa's Father
Valeria Golino
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- RAI Cinema
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Noha Film Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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Venice, 82° Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - La Biennale di Venezia
27.08.2025 - 06.09.2025