Second appointment of #DonnediSardegna (Women of Sardinia), a series of events dedicated to yesterday and today’s strong female figures from this enchanting island, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda (Nuoro, 27 September 1871 – Rome, 15 August 1936), Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926.
To introduce the online screening of “L’Accabadora” (2015) by Enrico Pau – which will be available to broadcast on the Mymovies platform for 24 hours only – will be the contribution of the costume designer of the film, Stefania Grilli, interviewed by Nevina Satta, Director of Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission.
L’Accabadora by Enrico Pau
Italy/Ireland, 2015, 97′
Italian with English subtitles
A strong woman of Sardinia, Annetta lives in a small village in rural Sardinia at the end of the 1930s. She is in her mid-30s, always wears black, and is a loner and silent, with a flinty beauty typical of the dry surrounds. She holds a terrible secret from the past and spend long days waiting for a call. When it comes, her slim fingers open an old leather bag and reveal a wooden mallet, an old cushion, a broken mirror… until something unexpected happens to change her whole existence.
Enrico Pau was born in Cagliari in 1956. He graduated in Italian Literature and teaches Italian and history. After working as director and actor in theatres in 1980 he joined Aldo Tanchis and together they wrote radio shows hosted by Pau. In 2001, he directed L’anatema di Aquilino, video portrait of Aquilino Cannaso, writer from Cagliari as well as his first feature film Pesi leggeri, presented at the Viareggio Film Festival in 2001.
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Please note that the film will be available for 24 hours only from Thursday 11th November at 8.00pm (UK TIME) to Friday 12th November at 8:00 (UK TIME).