Private Project

Shortly before disappearing

Marta is a young woman who want to be a swimsuit model. When she realizes that she is not as thin as the other models, she looks for a strong solution and she finds out what “Breatharianism" is.

  • Guglielmo Poggi
    Director
  • Guglielmo Poggi
    Writer
  • Guglielmo Poggi
    Producer
  • Marta Bulgherini
    Key Cast
  • Cosma Brussani
    Key Cast
  • Maristella Burchietti
    Key Cast
  • Chiara Gianesini
    Co-directing
  • Alessandro Bonolis
    Director Of Photography
  • Federico Falcioni
    Sound designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Un po' prima di sparire
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Drama
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    150 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Film Di Peso
    Latina
    Italy
    November 12, 2016
    Final
  • SIFF
    Berlin
    Germany
    Germany Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Guglielmo Poggi

Guglielmo Poggi was born in Rome on april 11th 1991. High school diploma in 2010 at Liceo Classico Tito Lucrezio Caro specializing in “Art & Show”, for five years acting in Carlo Lizzani’s theater lab, and for five years in Gabriele Linari’s theater lab. Graduated in acting in 2012, "Corrado Pani" academy, directed by Annabella Cerliani.Graduated in acting 2014, “Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia”, National school of Cinema. Directed by Giancarlo Giannini. Special skills: guitar, piano, bass guitar, accordion and mandolin.Able to speak in English.

Winner of “Best Male Performance” at MIFF, 2016, for the role of Guglielmo in “Il nostro ultimo”

THEATER:
• Benvolio in "Romeo & Juliet", “Silvano Toti Globe Theater”, regia di Luigi Proietti, june/august 2013, 2014 and september 2016
• Umberto in “Una giornata particolare” by Ettore scola, teatro “Ambra Jovinelli” and tournée, regia di Nora Venturini, march/june 2016
• Mariano in “Mar Del Plata”, teatro “Piccolo Eliseo” and “Teatro Vittoria”, regia di Giuseppe Marini, november 2015 and november 2016
• Turatta in "Coffee Shop", written and played at "Quartieri Dell'Arte’s festival”- 2012/13, directed by Pierfrancesco Poggi
• Peter Pan in ”La Donna Bambina", "Quartieri Dell'Arte’s festival" and teatro “Vascello” 2013/2014, directed by Roberto Cavosi 
CINEMA:
• Miki Spagnolo/Mc Krepa in "Viva l'Italia”, directed by Massimiliano Bruno, 2012
• Matthew in "Sorrounded", directed by Laura Girolami and Federico Patrizi (english), 2014
• Maurizio in "Smetto quando voglio", directed by Sidney Sibilia, 2014
• Guglielmo in "Mamma ti porto in vacanza", directed by Ludovico Di Martino, 2015
• Luca in "Basta Poco", directed by Andrea Muzzi, 2015
• Vulcano in “Summertime”, by Gabriele Muccino, 2016
• Niccolò in “The start up”, by Alessandro Alatri, 2017
• Binetti in “Beata Ignoranza”, directed by Massimiliano Bruno, 2017
• Maurizio (cameo) in “Smetto quando voglio 3, Revolution”, directed by Sidney Sibilia, 2018
TELEVISION:
• Guglielmo Reali in "Provaci ancora Prof! 3", Rai 1, 2008.
• Gap, generazioni alla prova, Rai 3, 2011
• Marco in "Pregiudizio", Rai 3, 2012.
• Real School, “constitution”, Rai Scuola, 2012
• Greg in "Don Matteo 9", Rai1, 2014
• Joseph Artur Vitiello in "Un'altra vita", Rai 1, 2014.
• Rasta Man in "I segreti di Laura",  Mediaset, 2015 
SHORT MOVIES:
• Leading role in: "Circolo Vastatio", directed by Guglielmo Poggi winner of "Studenti in Corto" festival in 2009.
• Lead character in "L'anno dei falisci", directed by Daniele Pini winner of  "Best character use" for "48h film festival"
DIRECTING
• “Till now”, official selection at Bastau IFF, Kazakistan
• “MILLENNIALS”, official selection at Millennium Award
• "Circolo Vastatio", winner of "Studenti in Corto" festival in 2009.

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Director Statement

I wanted to address the issue of eating disorders, and in particular anorexia from the point of view of a normal girl, whose ambition is bathing-suit modeling for a local brand. A common story.
The journey she pursues when, put in comparison to other girls, she sees herself fat without actually being fat, she believes in situations that exist exclusively in her head. The whole structure of the short film is based on what Marta's mind sees, distorted, in reality. The women that moves around her, a red apple becomes a cheeseburger, the blurry imagine of herself in front of the mirror, are images that inhabit in her personal struggle: the first steps towards anorexia.

I worked on the script and on the direction alongside three marvelous young women which decided to speak out their personal experience of anorexia: touching your belly, watching yourself blurry in front of the mirror, the psychological gestures shown in this short film are contributes offered from direct experiences.
Two of these girls even decided to volunteer as actresses and since this movie had to be tackled not with a light tone, on set and backstage, very strong emotions has been perceived, and sometimes tears occurred.

Pranic nutrition, such as progressive weight loss, has been studied and recounted in the most authentic way possible, taking in consideration the dominant grotesque element of this short film. All the data we used is real.

Guglielmo Poggi