SUNFLOWERS
synopsis
1963. The young nurse Anna takes service in the juvenile ward of a mental hospital. Here she meets and becomes attached to sweet Lucia, a fifteen-year-old schizophrenic. Against the backdrop of a struggle between Dr. Marie and the rigid Dr. Oreste for the new experimental treatments, the relationship between Anna and Lucia thickens, forcing them to make decisive choices for their respective lives.
international title: | Sunflowers |
original title: | Girasoli |
country: | Italy, Romania, Belgium |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Catrinel Marlon |
film run: | 97' |
screenplay: | Catrinel Marlon, Francesca Nozzolillo, Heidrun Schleef |
cast: | Gaia Girace, Mariarosaria Mingione, Monica Guerritore, Pietro Ragusa |
cinematography by: | Fabio Zamarion |
film editing: | Massimo Quaglia |
art director: | Tonino Zera |
costumes designer: | Nicoletta Ercole |
music: | Alessandro Magnanini |
producer: | Massimiliano di Lodovico |
production: | Masi Film, RAI Cinema, Mobra Films, GapBusters, Lumina MGR |
distributor: | Pathos Distribution |