Versione inglese a cura del Master in Traduzione per il Cinema, la Televisione e l’Editoria Multimediale
Article by: Elena Golzio
Translation by: Elisa Grattarola, Elena Salama
Anna Biller is a director who can also be called “artisan” in every way: she takes care of the direction, the screenplay, costumes, photography, editing and production. For the first time, in this movie she does not appear as actress, choosing as the main character the beautiful Samantha Robinson, who is able to combine sensuality and empathy, which are required to bring to life the figure of a mermaid-witch (a pair that nowadays, as stated by the director, is difficult to portray).
The director, a fan of Pasolini’s cinema, explains her choice for the artisanal dimension with economical justifications and with her will to work along with some traditional and accurate women’s job like weaving and embroidery.