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Body Odyssey
Grazia Tricarico
- 2023
- Italia, Switzerland
- Drama
- 1h43mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
French premiere
The existence of Mona, a 45 year old bodybuilder, is centered around a frantic search for perfection and beauty, with the goal of an ultimate transformation into another being, ideal to her, but monstrous to others. It will take just one sexual encounter with a young man to upset her quest…
The world of bodybuilding seems to inspire women filmmakers to explore femininity and physical dictats. After Rose Glass and Love Lies Bleeding, the Italian directress Grazia Tricarico turns the body into a mental space that speaks to Mona as if it were an independent entity. Driven by the performance of professional bodybuilder Jacqueline Fuchs, this unsettling descent into hell flirts with body horror, exploring carnality in all its raw forms. It’s also one of the regretted Julian Sands last roles.
Screenings
06/09 • 21h30 • Screen 300
In the presence of the director
Q&A after the screening
15/09 • 21h45 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : Jacqueline Fuchs, Julian Sands, Jacelyn Parry, Jun Ichikawa...
- Screenplay : Marco Morana, Giulio Rizzo, Grazia Tricarico
- Photography : Corrado Serri
- Editing : Davide La Porta
- Music by : Lorenzo Tomio
- Production : Riccardo Di Pasquale, Federico Giacinti, Olga Lamontanara, Salvatore Lizzio, Donatello Della Pepa, Antonella Volpe
