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Michela Occhipinti viaja a Mauritania en su ópera prima, Il corpo della sposa

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- El primer largometraje de la directora, ambientado en el país africano, se presentará en estreno mundial en la sección Panorama de la Berlinale

Michela Occhipinti viaja a Mauritania en su ópera prima, Il corpo della sposa
Il corpo della sposa, de Michela Occhipinti (© Alain Parroni / Vivo Film)

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The story of a woman who risks her health in order to satisfy an aesthetic canon imposed on her by others is at the heart of Flesh Out [+lee también:
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, the first fiction feature by Michela Occhipinti (Lettere dal deserto – elogio della lentezza, 2010), due to be presented in world premiere in the Panorama section at the Berlinale, which kicks off on 7 February.

Set in Mauritania, the film tells the story of Verida (newcomer Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche), a young woman who works in a beauty salon, spends time on social media and has fun with her friends. When her family chooses a future husband for her, Verida – like many of her peers – is forced to put on weight, essentially force-feeding herself in order to achieve the beauty ideal and social status that her country's tradition has imposed on her. As her marriage approaches, meal after meal, Verida questions everything she has taken for granted: her loved ones, her way of life and her own body.

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"To what extent do social models, often built to satisfy male desires, influence and condition the women of the world?" asks the director, who intends to use Verida's story to focus on the complexity of the relationship women have with their bodies. "The Mauritania in the film works as an 'elsewhere,’ the opposite to the world I come from and live in, and yet, in its paradoxical inversion of a series of relationships, it acts as a mirror, revealing the distorted way in which women's bodies are perceived.’

Flesh Out was produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film with RAI Cinema and in association with the German outfit Films Boutique. The film received contributions from MIBAC - General Directorate of Cinema, the Region of Lazio and Europa Creativa - MEDIA Programme. International sales are being handled by Films Boutique, while Lucky Red will be distributing the film in Italy.

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