Asterión
Francesco Montagner / Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2022 / Czech Premiere / 15 min.
synopsis
In this silent visual poem, the massive body of a bull appears on the table of a meticulous taxidermist, having died in the hot sun in the middle of a bullfighting arena. Working with the body of an untamed animal, the man is inwardly transformed and finds in the animal's skin a way to cope with his own mortality and the transience of life.“It’s the story of a double fate, the one of the man and the one of the bull, both doomed to succumb to their own restless natures.”
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Source: Director's Note
biography
Italian director Francesco Montagner (* 1989) studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU. His feature length film Animata resistenza (2014) was awarded Best Documentary on Cinematography at the Venice Film Festival and Brotherhood won the Best Czech Documentary at the 2021 Ji.hlava IDFF.more about film
| director: | Francesco Montagner |
| producer: | Veronika Kührová, Michal Kráčmer |
| photography: | Michal Babinec |
| editing: | Jorge Sanchéz Calderon |
| co-producer: | Henrieta Cvangová, Juraj Krásnohorský |
| executive producer: | Valerio Mendoza Guillén |
| art director: | Pilar Angulo, Claudia Cazzorla |
contact
Analog Vision / Veronika Kührová
Kaprova 42/14, Praha 1
Kaprova 42/14, Praha 1
info@analog.vision
+420 724 148 114
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz |
| language: | No Dialogue |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Francesco Montagner |
| original title: | Asterión |
| country: | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 15 min. |
