Archive of films Dafne / Dafne

Italy
2019, 94 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2019

Dafne is a young woman who is a constant source of positive energy for those around her. And when tragedy strikes her family, Dafne is the one left in charge of the healing process. Nevertheless, there’s an obstacle on her path to independence: she has Down syndrome. Focusing on a gentle power capable of overcoming anything, the movie first enchanted audiences at this year’s Berlinale.


Synopsis

Dafne might still live with her parents, but the young woman feels independent. Her job affords her an income and a payment card, so it’s no problem to visit the hair salon every week. What may seem like trifling amenities to others are a source of pride for her. Despite suffering from Down syndrome, she sees no obstacle to living life to the fullest. When her mom dies unexpectedly, Dafne is ready to go into mourning, but at the same time she feels the need to care for her father, who is lost without his wife. Calling forth a blunt determination, she becomes the more reasonable half of the father-daughter odd couple and begins the process of healing them both… Carolina Raspanti delivers a consummately natural performance as Dafne in a film that first enchanted audiences at this year’s Berlinale.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Federico Bondi

Federico Bondi (b. 1975, Florence, Italy). Selected filmography: Soste (2001, medium-length doc.), Soste Japan (2002, doc.), L’uomo planetario. L’utopia di Ernesto Balducci (2005, doc.), Mar Nero (2008), Educazione affettiva (2013, medium-length doc.), Dafne (2019)

Contacts

Rai Com
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Italy
Tel: +39 06 33 17 8244
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section: Another View
   
Director: Federico Bondi
Screenplay: Federico Bondi
Dir. of Photography: Piero Basso
Music: Saverio Lanza
Editor: Stefano Cravero
Art Director: Cristina del Zotto, Alessandra Mura
Producer: Gregorio Paonessa
Production: Vivo Film
Coproduction: Rai Cinema
Cast: Carolina Raspanti, Antonio Piovanelli, Stefania Casini
Sales: Rai Com

Guests

Marta Donzelli

Producer

Gregorio Paonessa

Producer


Carolina Raspanti

Actress

Federico Bondi

Film Director


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