Cinema Italia Cinema Italia: "Interviews zu einer Liebesgeschichte" ("Indagine su una storia d’amore")

Cinema Italia! - the film selection in this week of Italian film presents Italy's artistically committed, contemporary filmmaking.

INTERVIEWS ON A LOVE STORY - INDAGINE SU UNA STORIA D'AMORE

ITA 2024. dir: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. D: Alessio Vassallo, Barbara Giordano, Antonio Pandolfo, Costanza Tortoli, Claudia Potenza. 100 min. ItalOmdtU. FSK: n. A.

Paolo and Lucia have been a couple for eight years. They are actors with heart and soul, but their big career is a long time coming. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get roles. And their relationship may also be starting to crack. Then Lucia decides to take part in a popular TV reality show called "Corpses in the Basement", in which couples talk about the ups and downs of their love affair in front of the camera, and Paolo reluctantly joins in. Could this be a chance for a fresh start? The two have no idea what they have let themselves in for...
A comedy with bitter undertones and at the same time a very topical and apt satire on the power of reality television shows popular throughout Europe, in which an audience of millions craves intimate revelations.

The director about his movie:
'I set out to tell a special love story from today's society. A society that is inextricably linked to the representation of life on social media, with a constant desire for visibility, self-expression and curiosity about the lives of others. I wanted to show in an entertaining way, with comedic tones, the chronicle of an announced catastrophe, encouraging reflection on how much we are now willing to reveal of ourselves and our innermost selves in exchange for something as ephemeral and dangerous as visibility.
Gianluca Maria Tavarelli