Simple Women

85 minutes, 2019, Italy/Romania

Director: Chiara Malta

Screenplay: Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach, Marco Pettenello

Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Elina Löwensohn, Francesco Acquaroli, Anna Malvica, Mirella Mazzeranghi, Betti Pedrazzi, Paolo Graziosi, Thomas Bradley, Michael Rodgers, Cosmina Olariu, Ozana Oancea, Roberta Zanardo, Gea Dell’Orto, Elisa Liberatori

Cinematography: Tudor Vladimir Panduru

Editing: Ion Ioachim Stroe, Giogiò Franchini

Music: Olivier Mellano

An epileptic director trying to make a film about the life of famed Romanian actor Elina Löwensohn discovers that her real-life subject bears little resemblance to the star she idolised. A dizzying story about ambition and artistic competition.

The screening of this film at the IFFC 2019 is a UK premiere.