Esterno Giorno (Italy) by Giulia Magno
Experimental Films / Cannes International Film Week
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8m 7s
Inspired by a famous exchange of letters between Michelangelo Antonioni and Mark Rothko, “Esterno giorno” is an experimental love letter to Italian cinema. Embarking on an intimate journey in the footsteps of the characters played by Monica Vitti, the filmmaker intertwines contemporary footage shot across Italy and the Jordanian desert with excerpts from Antonioni’s films, creating an illusion of continuity between past and present. From a metaphorical desert—the industrial area of Ravenna, where “Red Desert” was filmed in 1964—to a real one, the physical spaces explored by the camera transform into psychological landscapes. As the camera lingers on the architecture of La Cupola—the futuristic house in Sardinia designed by Dante Bini in the 1960s for Antonioni and Vitti, then real-life partners—the line between reality and fiction begins to blur.
Running time: 00:08:00
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