Continuing its victory lap around the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, indie studio Neon has acquired the North American distribution rights to “A Chiara.”
The Jonas Carpignano film won the top prize in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight section. It is a companion film to his 2017 “A Ciambra,” for which he took the same award that year. Critics raved about the film’s exploration of young female identity and Carpignano’s ability to create enduring interest in one fictional family across multiple films.
“A Chiara” follows Claudio and Carmela Guerrasio, who gather with family and friends to celebrate their eldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara, as they compete on the dance floor. A happy occasion shifts suddenly when the patriarch disappears. As Chiara investigates, she discovers truths about her family and must face decisions about the kind of life she wants to build.
The Jonas Carpignano film won the top prize in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight section. It is a companion film to his 2017 “A Ciambra,” for which he took the same award that year. Critics raved about the film’s exploration of young female identity and Carpignano’s ability to create enduring interest in one fictional family across multiple films.
“A Chiara” follows Claudio and Carmela Guerrasio, who gather with family and friends to celebrate their eldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara, as they compete on the dance floor. A happy occasion shifts suddenly when the patriarch disappears. As Chiara investigates, she discovers truths about her family and must face decisions about the kind of life she wants to build.
- 7/18/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
A Ciambra is a pretty amazing movie…it reminds me somewhat of Gemorrah, also filmed in Calabria and centering around a young man who wants to break with a tradition of crime. Jonas Carpignano, the director whose previous film Mediterranea was huge success in Cannes, said that was a compliment as it was one of his favorite movies.Actor Koudous Seihon with Jonas Carpignano
Jonas Carpignano was also so charming and available to us all the night it screened at Wme, the agency which represents him!
The movie saddened me by its portrayal of gypsies, but was fascinating at the same time.
In A Ciambra, a small Romani (as the gypsies of Italy are labeled) community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions — the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani.
Jonas Carpignano was also so charming and available to us all the night it screened at Wme, the agency which represents him!
The movie saddened me by its portrayal of gypsies, but was fascinating at the same time.
In A Ciambra, a small Romani (as the gypsies of Italy are labeled) community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions — the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani.
- 11/17/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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