NOMOFOBIA (2018)

Nomofobia was inspired by a real fact that took place in 2015 in Italy, when a 17 years old girl murdered her mother because she had taken her telephone away and prohibited to use the computer.

“Nomofobia” is a neologism born out of the English crasis between the words “no-mobile phobia”, which literally defines the fear of not having the telephone by your side.
It might sound like a very remote disorder, but what people may ignore is that 53% of the British population are already affected by this disease.

The film is shot in a one long-take. To give a more realistic and spontaneous touch to
the story I used a hand camera to follow closely my two characters in their space. In particular, there is a moment that distinguishes itself from all the others for its ambition and complexity: for these reasons I decided to turn to small, light and easily handleable equipment. Close-ups and medium close-ups are the mainly used frames, in order to capture mother and daughter conflicting emotions. Cinematography embraces cold tones to underline the empty and dry relationship between the women and the daughter’s impersonal and virtual life. It is my intention to show these human characters for what they actually are, in both their dramatic and absurd faces: my glance will not be the one of a judge, rather a very empathic one.