Anna, a beautiful and wild individual, runs a farm in an unspoilt corner of Sardinia. At night she lets go in sensual dances in the village bar and indulges in short-lived adventures. Until one day, the construction of a mega-resort on her land forces her to engage in the biggest battle of her life. One of the projects selected at This Is IT in 2023, Anna premiered at the latest Giornate degli Autori in Venice.
“Anna is inspired by a true story that took place in Sardinia a few years ago … The film tackles several issues: from the difficult balance between protecting the environment and the need to open up to tourism in order to revive the local economy, to the difficulties of a single woman conducting a wholly male activity in a society still tied to patriarchal values. A society that views the man-woman relationship as an unequal one in which the man is quite prepared to make use of violence, including domestic violence.” (M. Amenta)
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Marco Amenta, Niccolò Stazzi, Anna Mittone
con la collaborazione di / with the collaboration of Tania Pedroni
Fotografia / PhotographyGiovanni Lo Russo
Montaggio / Editing:Aline Hervè
Musica / Music: Giulia Mazzoni
Suono / Sound: Pierre-Yves Lavoué
Scenografia / Art Director: Maria Teresa Padula
Costumi / Costume Designer: Salvatore Aresu
Interpreti / Cast: Rose Aste, Marco Zucca, Daniele Monachella
Produzione / Produced by: Eurofilm, Videa Next Station, Inthelfilm con / with Rai Cinema
Coproduzione / Co-produced by: Mact Productions
Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Regione Sardegna, Regione Île-de-France, Sardegna Film Commission, Media Europa Creativa, Eurimages, Alberto Leonardis
Marco Amenta
Director and screenwriter, Marco Amenta was born in 1970 in Palermo, Italy. He directed his first documentary in 1997, Diario di una siciliana ribelle, which won numerous international awards and was broadcast on roughly 30 television channels worldwide. In 2009 he made his first feature film, La siciliana ribelle, which received two David di Donatello nominations. In 2016 he directed the documentary Magic Island, which earned him another David nomination. Anna, his third feature, won the Special Mention of the FEDIC Award in Venice.
Selected filmography
1997 Diario di una siciliana ribelle doc. TV 2004 Il Fantasma di Corleone doc. 2009 La Siciliana Ribelle 2014 Silvio Mon Amour doc. 2016 Magic Island doc. 2018 The Lone Girl – La ragazza spettinata doc. 2021 Tra le Onde 2023 Anna; Premi / Awards: Giornate degli Autori Venezia – FEDIC Menzione speciale / FEDIC Special Mention
