Film Days of the Mediterranean: IL COLIBRÌ – THE COLIBRI, THE CHRONICLE OF A LOVE

38th Film Days of the Mediterranean 22.1. – 2.2.2025 Karlstorkino, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69126 Heidelberg, admission € 10, reduced € 7.50, members Medienforum € 6, advance ticket sales online: www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de or at the Karlstorkino (one hour before the first screening until the last film) or at the Montpellier-Haus (during opening hours). Marco Carrera, known as “the hummingbird”, falls in love with Luisa Lattes as a teenager during a vacation by the sea. Their love will remain unfulfilled, but will accompany Marco for the rest of his life. His story is characterized by loss and tragic coincidences, but also by his absolute love for a woman who will always remain a dream, and for his daughter and granddaughter. The film depicts Marco’s fate in a sophisticated way, skillfully interweaving memories and moving fluidly between time periods, from the early 1970s to the present day. Francesca Archibugi adapted the award-winning novel of the same name by Sandro Veronesi with a great ensemble of actors. The result is an unconventional, disarming and deeply touching family story, beautifully filmed by award-winning cinematographer Luca Bigazzi.

Italy, France 2022

Director: Francesca Archibugi

Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti, Bérénice Bejo, Kasia Smutniak and others.

126 min. Original language

Francesca Archibugi (*1960 in Rome) studied directing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and then completed Leo Benvenuti’s screenwriting course. She has won five David di Donatellos and three Nastri d’Argentos in her career to date. This makes Francesca Archibugi one of Italy’s leading directors, who knows how to mix comedy and drama and penetrate human emotions and weaknesses like no other.

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