XIX Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo
Sotto l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica
Encounter with film producer Wilhelm Herrmann and screening of Cronofobia
In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in China
7pm Thursday October 17 2019
Italian Cultural Institute of Beijing
2 Sanlitun Dongerjie
On reservation
Cronofobia
by Francesco Rizzi
Switzerland, September 2018
The film will be shown in Italian with Chinese and English subtitles
Introduction:
Suter is a solitary man, constantly in motion, escaping his trueself. During the day, he travels through Switzerland in an anonymous white van while at night, he secretly observes the life of another lonely person: Anna, a young woman struggling with a complicated form of grief. After she discovers his obsession with her, a strange relationship arises between the two. But this fragile balance is soon destroyed, when Anna finds out about Suter’s darksecret….Cronofobia tells an impossible love story, but also a drama about suspended identity.
Awards (a selection)
· Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Bestes Drehbuch 2019
· Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Beste Regie 2019
· Durban, Durban International Film Festival, Best Editing 2019
· Tallinn, PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Jury Special Prize (First Feature) 2018
Festivals (a selection)
· Locarno, 72° Locarno Film Festival, 07.08.2019 –17.08.2019
· Newport, Rhode Island, 23rd Rhode Island International Film Festival, 06.08.2019 – 11.08.2019
· Durban, 40th Durban International Film Festival, 18.07.2019 – 28.07.2019
· Valencia, 34° Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove Valencia, 21.06.2019 – 28.06.2019
· Edinburgh, 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, 19.06.2019 – 30.06.2019
· Buenos Aires, 21° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, 03.04.2019 – 14.04.2019
· Hong Kong, 43rd HongKong International Film Festival, 18.03.2019 – 01.04.2019
· Solothurn, 54. Solothurner Filmtage, 24.01.2019 – 31.01.2019
· Saarbrücken, 40. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken, 14.01.2019 – 20.01.2019
· Tallinn, 22nd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, 16.11.2018 – 02.12.2018
· Zurich, 14. Zurich Film Festival, 27.09.2018 –07.10.2018
