Chiara
[The] dynamic camera is attuned to Chiara’s teenage energy without going overboard, playing on a liminal balance between security and imbalance.
A Chiara
Winner of the Cannes’ Directors' Fortnight Award and a rising voice of Italian cinema, filmmaker Jonas Carpignano continues his exploration of the intricacies of life in contemporary Calabria with this compelling character study of a teenager, Chiara, who gradually comes to discover that her close-knit family is not all that it seems. In this furiously paced drama, Chiara investigates her father’s disappearance just one day after her oldest sister’s birthday. As she gets closer to the difficult truth about her mysteriously missing father—and the crime syndicates that control her region— Chiara is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself. A coming-of-age chronicle like no other, A CHIARA is both an intimate and universal family story.
Genre
Drama,
Women and Film
Runtime
122
Language
Italian
Director
Jonas Carpignano
Writer(s)
Jonas Carpignano
Cast
Swamy Rotolo,
Grecia Rotolo,
Claudio Rotolo
Awards:
Winner, Label Europa Cinemas, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Best Feature, Spirit Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald
The Rotolos are a raucous Calabrian family of five. At first sight, they seem to have only one thing on their minds – the eldest daughter, Giulia’s, 18th birthday party and her proud father’s reluctance to make a speech. Toasts are not his thing, he says. He’s no good at them. Instead, he puts on a ...
Played at
NoHo 7 5.27.22 - 6.02.22
Monica Film Center 6.03.22 - 6.09.22
Town Center 5 6.03.22 - 6.09.22
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