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L'ETOILE (the Star)

How much was it worth aborting and losing her boyfriend to excel in the dance? Akiko, a former dancer, wonders about this while preparing her suitcase with strange urgency for a journey that seems to conceal a mysterious purpose.

  • Alfredo Mazzara
    Director
  • Alfredo Mazzara
    Writer
  • Valentina Vinci Orlando
    Producer
  • Fabrizio Manzollino
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    L'ETOILE
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    7 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian, Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alfredo Mazzara

Alfredo Mazzara started off writing comics and children's stories. He then moved into the audiovisual as a director of documentaries, video clips, adverts and short films. He has always enriched his stories using the Enneagram, a psychological method of classifying personalities, and through Tarot reading, of which he is a professional reader. As a screenwriter, he has created several successful TV series in Italy for Rai and Mediaset. He has taught narrative techniques for around twenty years at major cinema schools in Rome. He is currently involved in the screenwriting for two feature films and the writing of a novel.

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