In occasione delle proiezioni del film “Amanda”, la regista Carolina Cavalli sarà ospite del Tromsø International Film Festival.
Amanda
Amanda is a quirky and rebellious twentysomething struggling to make new friends, returning to her home country Italy after studying in Paris. In this stylish and funny Gen Z portrait we follow the main character dealing with her existential crisis.
Amanda has returned to her wealthy family in Italy after having studied in Paris, and things are not going too well. She is at odds with her family, and has no boyfriend and no friends. Even though she is an independent and cool young woman, she feels increasingly isolated. When her mother tells her that she used to spend time with a girl called Rebecca as a child, she sets out to re-befriend her – regardless if Rebecca is interested or not.
Carolina Cavalli’s debut feature as a director is a fresh and bizarre take on the coming-of-age genre, with esthetic and comedic parallels to Wes Anderson and her compatriot Paolo Sorrentino. It is a stylized film about loneliness and the curse of being an acquired taste, with a compelling Benedetta Porcaroli as the iconic main character.
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The film is part of the Festival’s program Horizons. The Horizons sidebar features a selection of top-quality films from all over the world, covering a wide range of genres and styles. The only criterion here is quality. This program is based on the festival’s vision: to challenge and contribute to human beings’ personal growth through the films we are presenting to our audience.
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DIRECTOR
Carolina Cavalli is an actress, writer, and director from Milan. She has directed the mini-series «Mi hanno sputato nel milkshake» (2020) and been a staff writer for the Netflix show «Zero» (2021). Amanda is her debut feature.
