Synopsis
When struggling director Federica makes a film together with Elina, the icon of her youth, not all goes as planned. In the heat of the moment Federica has a fit of epilepsy that turns her mind inside out. Everything seems to blur, until almost magically, everything finds a new perspective.

Comments of the director
For years I thought that Elina Löwensohn was an American actress. I had seen her in Hal Hartley’s films. I can’t say I was a fan of hers. I just knew who she was: Elina Löwensohn, an American actress.
Then one day, someone introduced us. She immediately told me she was Romanian. The echo of something she said stuck in my head, like a hammering, obstinate refrain: “I’m not an American actress, I’m not who you think I am.”
Simple Women started right then.

Directed by

Produced by

(Italiano) Vivo film con Rai Cinema coprodotta da micro FILM con Televiziunea Română in collaborazione con Nomada.Solo

con il sostegno di Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali – Direzione Generale Cinema, Guvernul României, Regione Lazio – Avviso Pubblico Attrazione Produzioni Cinematografiche (Por Fer Lazio 2014-2020) e Regione Lazio – Fondo Regionale per il Cinema E l’Audiovisivo.

Cast

(Italiano) Federica: Jasmine Trinca

Elina: Elina Löwensohn

Aldo: Francesco Acquaroli

zia Maria: Anna Malvica

zia Giulietta: Mirella Mazzeranghi

zia Lucia: Betti Pedrazzi

William Sage: Thomas Bradley

Martin Donovan: Michael Rodgers

Ariana: Cosmina Olariu

Nicola Vasilescu: Ozana Oancea

cassiera punk: Roberta Zanardo

Federica adolescente: Gea Dell’Orto

Federica bambina: Elisa Liberatori

neurologo: Paolo Graziosi

 

Crew

(Italiano) Regia: Chiara Malta

Sceneggiatura: Chiara Malta. Sébastien Laudenbach, Marco Pettenello

Fotografia: Tudor Vladimir Panduru

Montaggio: Ioachim Stroe, Giogiò Franchini

Scenografia: Massimiliano Nocente

Musiche: Olivier Mellano

Costumi: Loredana Buscemi

Suono in presa diretta: Gianluca Scarlata

Montaggio del suono: Riccardo Spagnol

Trucco: Giovanna Turco

Acconciatura: Emiliano Cera

Technical data

(Italiano) Anno: 2019

Durata: 85′

Paese: Italia/Romania

Lingua: Inglese/Italiano/Romeno

Festivals and awards

(Italiano) Tiff – Toronto Film Festival 2019 – Discovery

International Sales

(Italiano) The Match Factory