Cronofobia
Cronofobia · dir. Francesco Rizzi
Switzerland 2018, 93’ · Polish premiere
24 October, 21:00 · CKK Jordanki
Suter is a mysterious and solitary man, constantly in motion, escaping his true self. During the day, he travels through Switzerland, creating new identities and evaluating the quality of customer service in luxury stores and hotel rooms incognito ― while at night, he secretly observes the life of another lonely person: Anna, a woman struggling with a complicated form of grief. After she discovers his obsession with her, a strange relationship arises between the two: Suter begins to impersonate Anna’s dead husband and the two isolated souls find a way to develop a peculiar kind of intimacy. But this fragile balance is soon destroyed, when Anna finds out about Suter’s dark secret: he played a significant role in the circumstances that pushed her husband to commit suicide. In the end, Suter will have to sacrifice his feelings in order to truly find himself.
| Director: | Francesco Rizzi |
| Screenplay: | Daniela Gambaro, Francesco Rizzi |
| Cinematography: | Simon Guy Fässler |
| Editing: | Giuseppe Trepiccione |
| Cast: | Vinicio Marchioni, Sabine Timoteo, Leonardo Nigro, Jasmin Mattei |
| Producers: | Villi Hermann, Michela Pini |
| Production: | Imagofilm Lugano, Switzerland |
| Distribution: | The Moonshot Company |
| Awards: | Festival del Cinema Europeo – Najlepszy Aktor Europejski / Best European Actor, Nagroda Specjalna Jury / Special Jury Award (2018); Tallin Black Night FF – Specjalna Nagroda Jury / Special Jury Prize (2018); MFF w Hong Kongu / Hong Kong IFF – oficjalna selekcja: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Młodego Kina / official selection: Young Cinema International Competition (2019) |
Francesco Rizzi was born in Mendrisio (Switzerland). He graduated in Italian Literature and Art History at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and in film directing at N.U.C.T. Film School in Rome (Cinecittà, Italy). Cronofobia is his first feature-length fiction film.
Filmography:
- 2018 – Cronofobia
- 2010 – La culla del Dio morente (doc)
- 2005 – Rex Nemorensis (short)
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