Afrodite, the second work by Stefano Lorenzi, with Ambra Angiolini, Giulia Michelini, Gaetano Bruno, Francesco La Mantia, a Dakota Film Lab, Rai Cinema production, is inspired by true events. 1990s, Sicily: in the depths of the sea lies a WWII wreck that contains not only rust and history but also a goldmine of TNT. Here, 50m below the surface, the mafia stocks up.
Shot entirely in Sicily, in the saltpans of Trapani and the coast between Levanzo and Isola Formica, the film has roots in one of the darkest and least explored pages of Italian news. The light, the sea, the bodies of the key characters slowly lead the audience into a story positioned between Mediterranean noir and psychological drama. A very different Sicily, far from any cliché, steeped in beauty and threat, is the true beating heart of this story. A land that is not only a backdrop, but a destiny.
Afrodite is the first Italian film to contain over 35 minutes of underwater sequences, shot by a highly specialized technical team; 36 hours of immersion in just 10 days of production required a long physical and psychological preparation process for Ambra Angiolini and Giulia Michelini who obtained their diving licenses and personally tackled deep-sea dives.
Afrodite, the second work by Stefano Lorenzi, with Ambra Angiolini, Giulia Michelini, Gaetano Bruno, Francesco La Mantia, a Dakota Film Lab, Rai Cinema production, is inspired by true events. 1990s, Sicily: in the depths of the sea lies a WWII wreck that contains not only rust and history but also a goldmine of TNT. Here, 50m below the surface, the mafia stocks up.
Shot entirely in Sicily, in the saltpans of Trapani and the coast between Levanzo and Isola Formica, the film has roots in one of the darkest and least explored pages of Italian news. The light, the sea, the bodies of the key characters slowly lead the audience into a story positioned between Mediterranean noir and psychological drama. A very different Sicily, far from any cliché, steeped in beauty and threat, is the true beating heart of this story. A land that is not only a backdrop, but a destiny.
Afrodite is the first Italian film to contain over 35 minutes of underwater sequences, shot by a highly specialized technical team; 36 hours of immersion in just 10 days of production required a long physical and psychological preparation process for Ambra Angiolini and Giulia Michelini who obtained their diving licenses and personally tackled deep-sea dives.
1990s. A WWII wreck lies in the depths of the sea. It contains not only rust and history but also a goldmine of TNT. The mafia stocks up there, fifty metres underwater. Ludovica, a professional diver, finds herself forced to work for organized crime, blackmailed by the debts of the man she loved. Keeping an eye on her is Rocco, a ruthless and manipulative intermediary. Also there, in the abandoned salt mine isolated from the world, is Sabrina, a young woman who grew up in the prison of a toxic relationship, convinced that she deserves nothing. Every dive into the wreck is a descent into fear, every ascent a fight to avoid sinking completely. Something unexpected grows between the two women, a bond that challenges the logic of power, oppression, the laws of silence. In a world governed by men and unwritten laws, their complicity is a spark that can blow everything up.
