Clint is a damaged man who has retreated to a wintry remote mountain cabin where he hopes to find serenity. He runs a modest cafe where the rare traveler or native of the region visits. But even in his relative isolation he cannot find peace nor escape. On a fateful evening, to confront himself, he begins a journey by dogsled to the world he once knew. He travels through dreams, memory and imagination in an attempt to find his true nature.
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Vivo film with Rai Cinema, maze pictures e Piano, in association with Faliro House, Rimsky Productions, Talipot Studio, CTT e Bavaria Filmproduktion, with the support of MIBACT – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), IDM Südtirol, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Regione Lazio e Fondo Regionale per il Cinema e l’Audiovisivo, EFICINE.
Vivo film with Rai Cinema, maze pictures e Piano, in coproduction Faliro House, Rimsky Productions, Talipot Studio, CTT e Bavaria Filmproduktion, supported by MIBACT – Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), IDM Südtirol, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Regione Lazio e Fondo Regionale per il Cinema e l’Audiovisivo, EFICINE.
Cast
Clint: Willem Dafoe
Ex-wife: Dounia Sichov
Magician: Simon McBurney
Russian woman: Cristina Chiriac
Russian mother: Valentina Rozumenko
Teacher: Daniel Giménez Cacho
Woodsman: Phil Neilson
Monk: Fabio Pagano
Clint’s son: Anna Ferrara
Inuit: Laurentio Arnatsiaq
Clint’s mother: Ulrike Willenbacher
Crew
Written by: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois
Produced by: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips
Cinematography: Stefano Falivene
Editor: Fabio Nunziata, Leonardo Daniel Bianchi
Costume designer: Brenda Gómez
Production design: Renate Schmaderer
Composer: Joe Delia
Visual Consultant: Phil Neilson
Sound Design: Neil Benezra
Technical data
Year: 2020
Running time: 92′
Country: Italy/Germany/Mexico
Language: English
Festivals and awards
Berlinale 2020: Competition
Sofia International Film Festival 2021: SFF 25
BFI London Film Festival 2020: Dare
BIFF – Bogotà International Film Festival 2020: Selección Oficial
Cork Film Festival 2020: Fiction
Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla 2020: Sección Oficial
Film Fest Gent 2020: Masters
Jeonju International Film Festival 2020: Masters
Mostra Internacional de Cinema 2020: International Perspective
Vancouver International Film Festival 2020: Contemporary World Cinema
Viennale 2020: Features