Synopsis
Andrea Spezzacatena had just turned 15 when he decided to take his own life. Andrea, a seemingly sunny boy, had excellent grades in school and a good relationship with his parents. His act was therefore totally unexpected and remained without explanation until his mother, after his death, went into his Facebook profile and reconstructed the hell her son was going through between cyberbullying and bullying at school. The film, narrated by Andrea’s voice from beyond, tells us how the boy came to think he had no other way out and is a powerful warning about the danger of those words and gestures that, on the surface, may seem harmless to us.
Director’s Bio
Film and TV director and screenwriter, Margherita Ferri studied at UCLA and Centro Sperimentale, National School of Cinema, Rome. In 2017/18 she took part in the Biennale College Cinema program. Her first feature film, Zen – In The Ice Rift has been produced by the Biennale di Venezia and Articolture. It premiered at 75° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia in 2018 then screened at many international film festivals winning a special mention for best debut at Frameline Film Festival. She was nominated as Best Emerging Director at Nastri D’argento 2019. Then, she directed two episodes of the Netflix Original Series ZERO (2021) and two episodes of the Amazon Prime Video original series Bang Bang Baby (2022). As a screenwriter, she wrote the thriller-horror feature film The Nest, directed by Roberto De Feo, produced by Colorado Film and distributed by Vision and Universal. The film premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2019.
Logline
Cymerodd Andrea ei fywyd ei hun yn 15 oed oherwydd iddo gael ei fwlio am wisgo trowsus pinc i’r ysgol. Mae’r ffilm hon yn seiliedig ar ei stori.
Synopsis
Roedd Andrea Spezzacatena newydd droi’n 15 oed pan benderfynodd gymryd ei fywyd ei hun. Roedd gan Andrea, bachgen heulog i bob golwg, raddau rhagorol yn yr ysgol a pherthynas dda â’i rieni. Felly roedd ei weithred yn gwbl annisgwyl ac arhosodd heb esboniad nes i’w fam, ar ôl ei farwolaeth, fynd i mewn i’w broffil Facebook ac ail-greu’r uffern yr oedd ei mab yn mynd drwyddi rhwng seiberfwlio a bwlio yn yr ysgol. Mae’r ffilm, a adroddir gan lais Andrea o’r tu hwnt, yn dweud wrthym sut y daeth y bachgen i feddwl nad oedd ganddo unrhyw ffordd arall allan ac mae’n rhybudd pwerus am berygl y geiriau a’r ystumiau hynny a all, ar yr wyneb, ymddangos yn ddiniwed i ni.
Bywgraffiad y Cyfarwyddwr
Astudiodd y cyfarwyddwr ffilm a theledu a sgriptiwr, Margherita Ferri, yn UCLA a Centro Sperimentale, Ysgol Sinema Genedlaethol, Rhufain. Yn 2017/18 cymerodd ran yn rhaglen Sinema Coleg y Biennale. Cynhyrchwyd ei ffilm nodwedd gyntaf, Zen – In The Ice Rift gan y Biennale di Venezia ac Articolture. Cafodd ei dangos am y tro cyntaf yn 75° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia yn 2018 yna cafodd ei dangos mewn llawer o wyliau ffilm rhyngwladol gan ennill clod arbennig am y ffilm gyntaf orau yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Frameline. Cafodd ei henwebu fel y Cyfarwyddwr Gorau sy’n Dod i’r Amlwg yn Nastri D’argento 2019. Yna, cyfarwyddodd ddwy bennod o Gyfres Wreiddiol Netflix Zero (2021) a dwy bennod o gyfres wreiddiol Amazon Prime Video Bang Bang Baby (2022). Fel sgriptiwr, ysgrifennodd y ffilm nodwedd gyffro-arswyd The Nest, a gyfarwyddwyd gan Roberto De Feo, a gynhyrchwyd gan Colorado Film a’i dosbarthu gan Vision ac Universal. Perfformiwyd y ffilm am y tro cyntaf yng Ngŵyl Ffilm Locarno yn 2019.
