Waterfall
A seventeen year old girl is admitted, by her exhausted mother, to a behavioral re education clinic where technology is banned and 19th century values are practiced. Despite its pleasant and colorful appearance, the clinic conceals cult like dynamics, of which the girl's mother is also a member. During her stay, and through sessions that appear more like psychological manipulation, we discover that the girl has a genuine obsession with fire and that a serious accident she caused was the reason for her "internment." After repeated attempts to persuade the girl, her personal therapist decides to send her home. However, upon seeing her mother in tears and realizing her own unhappiness, she decides at the last minute to accept treatment, placing herself in the clinic's hands. She is thus implanted with a chip that regulates emotions and all sorts of neurotransmitters so that she can become "normal" and happy. Six months later, the process ends with the girl smiling, calling her best friend and trying to convince her to join the "clinic".
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Thomas TattarlettiDirector
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Thomas TattarlettiWriter
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Paolo RamoniProducer
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Enrico ManfrediniProducer
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Laura MartinelliKey Cast"Lea"
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Monica CeccardiKey Cast"Sembiante"
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Project Title (Original Language):Waterfall
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, dystopic, social commentary
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Runtime:21 minutes
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Completion Date:April 30, 2025
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Production Budget:103,295 CHF
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Country of Origin:Switzerland
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Country of Filming:Switzerland
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Language:Italian
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
Thomas Tattarletti is an author and director living in Ticino, Switzerland. His short film PASSACAGLIA won “cinema e salute” festival as part of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival. He was involved in the editing of the feature film MAKONGO produced by Daniele Incalcaterra and winner of numerous international festivals such as Cinema du Réel. In 2020 he majored in directing at CISA with the short film TERREPIANE, screened in a non-competitive section of the 74th Locarno Film Festival. In 2020 he followed a course in screenwriting for serials at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
He then directed L'INCANTO DEL PAESAGGIO (2022) and ARSENII (2022) a short documentary shown on Swiss national television.