Written and directed by Stefano Chiantini, Separazioni was filmed almost entirely in Abruzzo, his home region. The heart of the story unfolds in Sulmona and on the snow-covered slopes of nearby Gran Sasso. The approximately six weeks of filming, with local crews, focused on the peaks of Campo di Giove and Campo Imperatore, plus Terminillo in Lazio and the city of Rieti.
"Separazioni is about the pain of loss, a pain that seeps into relationships and crumbles them, that scratches the polished surface of a bourgeois microcosm, disrupts its structures and undermines its certainties," emphasizes Stefano Chiantini. "Separazioni is a rigorously written film, where professional research, an extended timeframe, the use of black and white, and the evocative power of nature provide the expressive means for the story to unfold".
Written and directed by Stefano Chiantini, Separazioni was filmed almost entirely in Abruzzo, his home region. The heart of the story unfolds in Sulmona and on the snow-covered slopes of nearby Gran Sasso. The approximately six weeks of filming, with local crews, focused on the peaks of Campo di Giove and Campo Imperatore, plus Terminillo in Lazio and the city of Rieti.
"Separazioni is about the pain of loss, a pain that seeps into relationships and crumbles them, that scratches the polished surface of a bourgeois microcosm, disrupts its structures and undermines its certainties," emphasizes Stefano Chiantini. "Separazioni is a rigorously written film, where professional research, an extended timeframe, the use of black and white, and the evocative power of nature provide the expressive means for the story to unfold".
Mara and Pietro have two children, Laura and Agostino; together they form a seemingly exemplary family. Everything changes when Laura is the victim of a tragic mountain accident, an event that shatters their apparently solid balance, exposing secrets, fragility, and betrayal.
