LA VITA OSCENA (THE OBSCENE LIFE) - Orizzonti

by Renato De Maria
Italy 2014, 85 mins

with Clément Métayer, Isabella Ferrari, Roberto De Francesco, Andrea Renzi, Duccio Camerini, Anita Kravos, Miriam Giovanelli, Iaia Forte, Eva Riccobono, Valentina Bellé

produced by Gianluca De Marchi, Fabio Mazzoni

production Filmvision, supported by MiBACT

in association with Riccardo Scamarcio for Lebowsky and Isabella Ferrari for Monochrome

 

Adapted from the eponymous novel by Aldo Nove, the film La vita oscena (The Obscene Life) is a visionary, psychedelic journey. Left alone, after the sudden disintegration of his family, Andrea (Clément Métayer) seeks death but ends up finding life.
He sets off on a mind-blowing journey, speeding along on his skateboard as wild images merge with reality, distor- ting it.Waiting for the end that never comes – and never will. He passes through the visionary fire of dissolution, followed by the gaze of his mother (Isabella Ferrari). Until he finds the deeper meaning of his Obscene Life.

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