Synopsis:
The friendship between two children raised together in the Po Valley countryside is lost when one has to move with his family. They will meet again as adults, thanks to the eel, a call from the dephts of the earth. The film is dedicated to the land and the people of the Emilia region, shaken by the earthquake in 2012.
- Director:
- Silvia Bassoli, Maria Virginia Moratti, Giacomo D’Ancona
- Year:
- 2018
- Country:
- Italy
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation, Mixed media
- Original title:
- L'anguilla
- Production type:
- Student
- Music composer:
- Fulvio Chiara
- School:
- Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
- Genres:
- Drama, Coming-of-Age, Tragedy
- Tags:
- Trauma, Hope, Sad, Relationships, Friendships, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams
- Audience:
- 13+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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