Directed by:
Chiara MaltaCinematography:
Tudor Vladimir PanduruComposer:
Olivier MellanoPlots(1)
Federica (Jasmine Trinca), a clumsy and graceless Italian director, had her first epileptic seizure on Christmas Day 1989, while watching the execution of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena on television. Since childhood, her only passion was cinema, and one film in particular played an important role: Hal Hartley's Simple Men, in which Romanian actor Elina Löwensohn has an onscreen seizure. For Federica, it was a critical moment of reflection and connection. Years later, Federica has the opportunity to make a film in Bucharest about the life of her long-time icon. But the real Elina is much different from the one in Federica's imagination and, very quickly, the true characters of both the actor and the director are revealed. Seeing through a new lens, Federica's mind becomes clouded and her ideas for the film less clear. Mid-production, she has a fit of epilepsy, and, with her vision blurred, the faint lines between life and art fade entirely. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Simple Women
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Plaza Mayor Company
Year: 2022
Format: digital
Length: 37:22
| 1. | Noise Check | Olivier Mellano | 00:11 |
| 2. | Löwensound | Olivier Mellano | 04:31 |
| 3. | Bucarest Walk | Olivier Mellano | 02:58 |
| 4. | Not So Simple | Olivier Mellano | 02:03 |
| 5. | Mirror And Snow | Olivier Mellano | 02:05 |
| 6. | Behind The Screen | Olivier Mellano | 03:13 |
| 7. | Doubt | Olivier Mellano | 01:37 |
| 8. | Epileptic Tv | Olivier Mellano | 00:56 |
| 9. | Stars Arrival | Olivier Mellano | 01:32 |
| 10. | Night Walk | Olivier Mellano | 01:32 |
| 11. | Cloudy Shooting | Olivier Mellano | 01:24 |
| 12. | Behind The Scene | Olivier Mellano | 01:43 |
| 13. | I'm Not Elina | Olivier Mellano | 03:15 |
| 14. | Elina Said Yes | Olivier Mellano | 01:52 |
| 15. | Still Parade | Olivier Mellano | 02:52 |
| 16. | Löwenwaves | Olivier Mellano | 01:32 |
| 17. | "Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth | Olivier Mellano | 04:06 |