If I Were a Man

Trapped in a transparent cage, four characters perform their empty, ritualistic actions, staging an endless hunt, synonymous with feelings that are now dead. Michele, the puppet son of a declining nobility, manipulates and commands his fictitious bourgeois friends, Ettore and Leo, to avenge the love of Mariagrazia, which has now faded away. In this eternal hunt, each character pursues their own authentic existence, which eludes them with terrifying ease. Thus, their entire lives become empty, similar to that of objects. Only a cruel glimmer of honesty can shake the golden cage, whose walls have been too thick to be demolished until now.

Country:

Italy

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

15 minutes

Year:

2022

Director:

Rocco Anelli

Cast:
Diego Frisina

Michele

Sophia Giacoia

Mariagrazia

Carlotta Mastracchi

Sandra

Francesca Anelli

Musa

Crew:
Rocco Anelli

Director

Marco Ranieri

Director of Photography

Luca Mattioli

Colorist

Alessio Marinacci

Set Dresser

Claudia Lomangino

Makeup & Hair