Reginetta
Italy / Fiction / 20’ / HD / Color / 2022
Ciociaria, early ‘50s. A young farmhand is recruited to partecipate in Miss Italia selections, but her body measurements are not quite right for the contest. To undergo a terrible process of physical transformation seems to be the only way to be elected Reginetta.
Director: Federico Russotto
Script: Mattia Caprilli, Francesca Nozzolillo, Federico Russotto
Director of Photography: Sebastian Bonolis
Editing: Davide Michelangeli
Music: Sergio Bachelet
Sound: Fabiana Padula
Cast: Chiara Ferrara, Caterina Valente, Amedeo Gullá, Mario Pirrello, Adele Tirante, Maurizio Jiritano
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Federico Russotto (Rome, 1996). After high school, he moved to London where he studied directing and screenwriting at Royal Holloway and Ravensbourne University. In 2019 he was admitted to the directing course at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
Filmography
L'avversario (2021)
Reginetta (2022)
Festivals Attended
Venice Film Festival, International Critics' Week
Festival del Cinema Italiano di Madrid
Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona
Rome Independent Film Festival
Awards
Best Technical Contribution - Venice Film Festival, International Critics' Week