UK PREMIERE OF ACQUA E ANICE

Olimpia is a legend of dance halls. At age 70, she puts her orchestra’s Ducato back on

the road and sets off on a journey towards the people who loved her and the places

that made her a star. For some time, however, she has been forgetting things.

Therefore, she hires Maria, a girl who has yet to emerge from her cocoon, as her driver

and chaperone. Olimpia is excessive and passionate, while Maria is quiet and shy. The

two women will learn to love each other, until Maria realizes that Olympia is asking her

to be much more than a chauffeur. For she has told no one that the journey will be her

last.

The director Corrado Ceron will be present.

Corrado Ceron (Vicenza, 1980) obtained a philosophy degree at the Catholic

University in Milan and then a degree in film directing in Rome. In 2013, he directed Un

amore di plastica, which earned him the prize for best short film at the Social World Film

Festival in Vico Equense. The following year, as an assistant director, he tackled the

feature film Diminuta by Bruno Saglia. In 2015, he helmed the short Scorciatoie, which

won numerous awards at festivals. The year after, the screenplay for Zanzare, which he

co-wrote with Federico Fava, was shortlisted for the Solinas Award. In 2018, Ceron

directed the short film Apnea, which took home the top prize at the inaugural edition of

the Vertical Movie Festival in Rome. That same year, his screenplay for Acqua e

anice earned him a SIAE/Centro Sperimentale development grant.

Click here for further details about his work.

Rating: 15.

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All photos are by Matteo Girola.