L'ANGOSCIA E L'ESTASI

The Angst and the Bliss

15:00
Italy, France
Animation
2021

Directors: Lucia Malerba, Niccolò Manzolini
Producers: Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago
Writers: Lucia Malerba, Niccolò Manzolini
Compositing, Editing: Lola Capote Ortiz, Niccolò Manzolini
Original Score: Pierre Bastien
Sound: Mathieu Z’Graggen

Production: Ikki Films
Co-production: Kilowatt, Bo Film

Screening formats: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: French
Subtitles: English

Materials
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Synopsis

On the night of the 14th of July 1933, the writer Raymond Roussel closes the door of his room at the Hotel Des Palmes in Palermo. He swallows pills, drags the mattress to the centre of the room and lies down on it. The next morning his companion, accompanied by a valet, finds his corpse. But is he really dead? Or did he cross a border that he considered unacceptable, that between reality and imagination?

Festivals
(Premiere Statuses: WP – World, IP – International, NP – National, LP – Local)

Official Selection @ 30th Raindance Film Festival (United Kingdom, 25/10 – 5/11/2022) – WP