The setting of The Invention of Snow by Vittorio Moroni is theatrical almost painterly, but the gaze of the hand-held camera has a documentary intimacy. The film is interspersed with minutes of animated sequences which tell a fairy tale: a family of mermaids escapes from the river and learns to live in the jungle, but the land is no less threatening than the water... The drawings and style are by Gianluigi Toccafondo: fluid bodies continuously mutating in an unpredictable evolutionary game. This is the fairy tale that Massimo has invented for his daughter Giada. Carmen clings to the fairy tale with all her strength as the only hope for salvation and reconciliation. It is the victory of her desire for happiness over the cruelty of the real world: it is the invention of snow.
The film was shot in 18 days in Apulia and Sicily: the 6 main scenes were filmed without interruption (for 30 minutes average) with the actors asked to consider every unexpected happening as an opportunity, to experience the scene as if it were a documentary, as if it were real life.
Locations in Apulia included Lecce, Carmiano, Otranto and Castro Marina and employed 35 Apulian work units for three weeks of filming. Locations in Sicily included Palermo, Trapani and Scopello.
The setting of The Invention of Snow by Vittorio Moroni is theatrical almost painterly, but the gaze of the hand-held camera has a documentary intimacy. The film is interspersed with minutes of animated sequences which tell a fairy tale: a family of mermaids escapes from the river and learns to live in the jungle, but the land is no less threatening than the water... The drawings and style are by Gianluigi Toccafondo: fluid bodies continuously mutating in an unpredictable evolutionary game. This is the fairy tale that Massimo has invented for his daughter Giada. Carmen clings to the fairy tale with all her strength as the only hope for salvation and reconciliation. It is the victory of her desire for happiness over the cruelty of the real world: it is the invention of snow.
The film was shot in 18 days in Apulia and Sicily: the 6 main scenes were filmed without interruption (for 30 minutes average) with the actors asked to consider every unexpected happening as an opportunity, to experience the scene as if it were a documentary, as if it were real life.
Locations in Apulia included Lecce, Carmiano, Otranto and Castro Marina and employed 35 Apulian work units for three weeks of filming. Locations in Sicily included Palermo, Trapani and Scopello.
When it comes to love, Carmen is too intense. She loves too much, and the world won’t forgive her for that. It’s over between her and Massimo, but she still considers him the love of her life. She adores Giada, their daughter, now five; but Massimo has custody, and Carmen can only see her every two weeks. Which she can’t accept. She knows she’s made mistakes, yet she also knows she’s a good mother and won’t let history repeat itself: she won’t let what happened to her as a child happen to Giada. If the world is really out to destroy Carmen – is how she sees it – Carmen will change the world.
