CAMILLA SALVATORE

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Resistance often reveals unexpected forms of poetry. I call it collateral beauty. The people I portray are not mere subjects, but integral parts of my life.
Through cinema, I pay homage to the love we shared amidst adversity. These films are testaments to those who fight with the greatest dignity.

Permanent Exile
2020

The movie discloses the story of Germana, a young woman into WITSEC (Witness Security Program). Permanent Exile depicts the woman through her absence, drawing both from her personal remembrance and her inner space through a sequence of images, shadows and reflections that outline a disjointed portrait. “I’d like to be faultless. In this delusion of mine, I would put myself on a pedestal of perfection, as a war machine.” Her words uncovers a path of self-examination where thoughts, fears and concerns gradually emerge, allowing the viewer to access the innermost, recondite side of the character’s mind.

Documentary
15' - Color - UK/Italy
Italian, English

written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
with Germana Frattini
shooting and editing Camilla Salvatore
3D animation Giulio Scalisi
archive Germana Frattini
sound Renato Grieco
supported by MFN 2017, ArciMovie, FilmaP,
Goldsmiths University of London
graphics Augusto Fabio Cerqua