Experiencing Interruptions?

DESIRÉ

Suburb of Naples, year 2022, Desiré is a 16-year-old Senegalese girl who lives from day to day. She has no friends, no interests, no great passions; her world appears as empty as the gaze of her mother, a drug addict who cannot stand on her feet. The only thing she values is her affection for Emanuele, a young boy a few years older who is looking for a quick rise in the local underworld.
One night, Emanuele convinces her to act as a courier for the local underworld: the two guys are given a backpack that they must deliver to a specific place in the city.
Desiré finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time: she is arrested by the police and sent to the juvenile penitentiary on the island of Nisida, which borders Naples.
During her long detention that lasts 18 months, Desiré begins a slow path of identity growth, she begins to feel attracted by theatre, in prison she finds the tools to express herself that paradoxically in freedom she did not have, her dormant pleasure for singing is something more, it is a value, it is awareness. Parallel to her inner journey, external events take an unexpected turn: members of the underworld are looking for the backpack that has not been found since that night...

  • Mario Vezza
    Director
  • Fabrizo Nardi
    Writer
  • Mario Vezza
    Writer
    I'M Festival (doc)
  • Armando Ciotola
    Producer
  • Antonio Acampora
    Producer
  • Nassiratou Zanre
    Key Cast
    "Desiré"
  • Enrico Lo verso
    Key Cast
    "Carmine"
    Hudson Hawk, Il ladro di bambini, Hannibal, Baarìa
  • Antonella Stefanucci
    Key Cast
    "Cira"
    Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio, Denti, Io non ho paura
  • Brunella Cacciuni
    Key Cast
    "Luciana"
    Piano piano
  • Tonia De micco
    Key Cast
    "Rita"
    Amleto è mio fratello, Ciurè
  • Giuseppe Auriemma
    Key Cast
    "Emanuele"
  • Annachiara Canario
    Key Cast
    "Tonia"
  • Sara D’Ambrosio
    Key Cast
    "Rita"
  • Giuliana Zannelli
    Key Cast
    "Sottiletta"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    DESIRÉ
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 41 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    500,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16 9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Alice nella città 2023
    ROMA Alice nella città
    Italy
    October 25, 2023
    Italian
    premio raffaella fioretta miglior film - sezione panorama italia
  • Lugano Other Movie 2024
    Lugano
    Switzerland
    official selection
  • Ischia Global Film Festival 2024
    Ischia
    Italy
    selection
  • Social World Film Festival 2024
    Vico Equense
    Italy
    July 3, 2024
    selection
  • Ortigia Film Festival 2024
    Siracusa
    Italy
    July 6, 2024
    sicilia
    selection
Distribution Information
  • rai com
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Mario Vezza

Mario Vezza (Torre del Greco, Napoli, 1983) grew up with an Art education.
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples in New Art Technologies.
Since 2006, he has been active as a film-maker and VJ. In 2006 he moved to the UK to study at Dartington College of Arts. He graduated in 2008 in New Technologies of Art. Since 2009 he has been directing short films, documentaries and video clips.
In 2022 he writes and directed his first film, Desiré, which was released in 2024.

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