EDHEL
by Marco Renda
synopsis
Edhel is a young girl born with a malformation that makes her ears look pointy, like those of an Elf, setting her apart from her peers. She faces her discomfort avoiding relations with people unless it is strictly necessary. School is a nightmare and she feels happy only when she can ride Caronte, her late father’s horse. He has died during an equestrian event, and she cannot get over his death. Edhel lives with her mother Ginevra, but their relationship is strained and conflicting. Ginevra presses her daughter to get a plastic surgery, in order to correct that defect that separates her from “normality”. Edhel's encounter with Silvano, the bizarre school janitor who introduces her to the world of Fantasy, convinces the girl of the possibility that those ears are the clear sign of belonging to the noble line of the Elves... Edhel is an intimate story, a journey between dream and reality of a young girl, lonely, bullied for her diversity and suffering for a premature loss, but being different sometimes could be an extraordinary gift.
international title: | Edhel |
original title: | Edhel |
country: | Italy |
sales agent: | TVCO |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marco Renda |
film run: | 84' |
screenplay: | Marco Renda, Elena Margaret Starace |
cast: | Gaia Forte, Roberta Mattei, Mariano Rigillo, Fioretta Mari, Christian Borromeo, Gianluca Gobbi, Silvia Siravo, Lidia Vitale, Pietro De Silva |
cinematography by: | Marco Scorsolini |
film editing: | Alessio Rivellino |
art director: | Federico Baciocchi |
costumes designer: | Stefania Piovesan |
production: | Vinians Production |