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Beniamino Barrese
IT US 2019 57' 93'
⚬ Human Interest ⚬ Society
Benedetta wants to disappear. An iconic fashion model in the 1960s, she became a muse to Warhol, Dali, Penn and Avedon. As a radical feminist in the 1970s, she fought for the rights and emancipation of women. But at the age of 75, she becomes fed up with all the roles that life has imposed upon her and decides to leave everything and everybody behind, to disappear to a place as far as possible from the world she knows.
Hiding behind the camera, her son Beniamino witnesses her journey. Having filmed her since he was a child in spite of all her resistance, he now wants to make a film about her, to keep her close for as long as possible – or, at least, as long as his camera keeps running. The making of the film turns into a battle between mother and son, a stubborn fight to capture the ultimate image of Benedetta – the image of her liberation.
Director | Beniamino Barrese |
Producer | Filippo Macelloni |
Executive Producer | Hayley Pappas |
Production Company | NANOF |
Co-Production Company | RYOT |
Cinematography | Beniamino Barrese |
Editor | Valentina Cicogna |
Music | Aaron Cupples |
Sound | Massimo Mariani |
Jury Prize - Best Documentary Film | Global Cinema FF of Boston 2019 |
Special Mention | Biografilm Festival 2019 |
D20 Best Feature-Length Documentary | West Lake International Documentary Festival 2019 |
Grand Jury Prize, CICAE Prize | Festival Annecy Cinéma Italien 2019 |
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film | Cinema Eye Honors 2020 |
Sundance 2019 |
CPH:DOX 2019 |
Global Cinema FF of Boston 2019 |
Cartagena IFF 2019 |
Hot Docs 2019 |
DocAviv 2019 |
Biografilm Festival 2019 |
Brussels Festival of Liberties 2019 |
Frameline 2019 |
Transilvania IFF 2019 |
Filmfest München 2019 |
Shanghai FF 2019 |
Taipei FF 2019 |
Bergen IFF 2019 |
BFI London FF 2019 |
Festival do Rio 2019 |
Black Nights FF 2019 |
Göteborg IFF 2020 |
| Runtimes | 57' 93' |
| Spoken Languages | Italian, English |
| Production Countries | Italy, USA |
| Resolution | 4K |
Born in 1986, Beniamino Barrese graduated with a degree in Philosophy at Statale di Milano, International Political Economy at King’s College London and later received his MA in Cinematography at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK. Since 2011 he has been working as a filmmaker, director of photography and photographer. His work as a DP includes fiction and documentary features, commercials, fashion films, music promos and short films, which have travelled around festivals worldwide. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER is his first feature-length film as a director.
