The Veil
Synopsis
During Lea’s wedding, her old friend Carla, now a novice nun, sits among the guests, while inside her the desire to declare her love before the eyes of God grows.
The cast
SWAMY ROTOLO
Leading Actress
She made her film debut in 2017 with a small role in Jonas Carpignano's A Ciambra. Four years later, she was chosen as the protagonist of the sequel A Chiara. For her performance, she was awarded as best actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and received the Europa Cinema Label award in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section. She later won the award for best actress at the David di Donatello, becoming the youngest to be awarded with this recognition.
SARA MAFODDA
Leading Actress
A graduate of the prestigious Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, she has worked as a protagonist on the most important stages throughout Italy. For the cinema, she played Giovanna Bemporad in the docu-fiction Le donne di Pasolini by Eugenio Cappuccio, and is Prudenza in Gloria!, Margherita Vicario's debut in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. She won the award for Best Leading Actress at the Varese International Film Festival and the Basilicata Film Festival, in addition to the National Arts Award, for Les Maids by Jean Genet.
Director
Cristian Patanè, born in Avola in 1991, he made his debut at the age of seventeen with the 35mm short Le Notti Bianche, freely adapted from Dostoevsky. From 2016 to 2022 he was personal assistant to director Piero Messina.
He has written and directed short films awarded at international festivals around the world; he has also produced documentaries, including “L’Abbraccio. Storia di Antonino e Stefano Saetta” by Davide Lorenzano, broadcast on RAI, winner of 11 awards for best documentary.
His latest work Corpo e Aria (2021), is a short film with Selene Caramazza and Francesco Colella, photography by Daniele Ciprì, selected in the festivals of the “oscar qualifying” circuit such as the Santa Barbara International Film (USA), Bogoshort (Colombia) and Show me Shorts (New Zealand), with over 30 selections in other prestigious international festivals and which earned him the SNCCI award at the Lago Film Fest.
In 2022 she won the 37th edition of the Solinas Award – screenplays for cinema, Claudia Sbarigia award for talent in telling female characters.
He is currently preparing his feature-length fiction film.
Previous works
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Associate Producers:
Marco De Micheli
Marcello di Carlo
Maya Koshaba
Nicoletta Cataldo
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