Séance
To what extent does a creator’s spirit linger in the objects of their creation? The _Casa-Museo_ of Turin-born architect and designer Carlo Mollino—at once a total artwork, a living space, and the backdrop for his erotic photographs—seems like the perfect place to explore this question. The camera searches for spiritual traces, while a woman with mediumistic abilities intercepts signals from beyond the grave. Roles are reversed: the woman who now sits at the table, once reserved for his female guests, takes on the voice of the man who invited them. This raises a question: rather than in the products of his artistic mastery, could his spirit be most alive in the Polaroid images of women he captured?
| Director | Yuri Ancarani |
| Actor | Terence Chotard |
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A few years ago, I was invited to a festival (Cinema delle Donne) in Turin, Italy. I wandered through the city, unaware that it was inhabited by Carlo Mollino (1905–1973); yet his sculptures and architectural works are everywhere. Mollino was a well-known and highly versatile artist—an architect, photographer, writer, and more.
This short film brings him back to life. He inhabits the body of this woman and speaks to us. Seated at the table of a house he once imagined, she rekindles within herself what once drove him: "We modern men are different, we are desperately alone, in search of perfection."
I once read this about him: "Mollino considered nature as the 'master of masters'—the ultimate source of inspiration for a design capable of combining structural rationality with harmony and expressive beauty." He himself was inhabited by nature.
This film brings him back to life. This film makes you want to see Turin again.
Sylvie Lapointe
Filmmaker
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Français
30 mn
Language: Français -
English
30 mn
Language: English
- Année 2014
- Pays Italy
- Durée 30
- Producteur Dugong Production, Sky Arte HD
- Langue Italian
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court A séance in Carlo Mollino’s Casa-Museo. Through a woman’s mouth, the man who created so many portraits comes back to life.
A few years ago, I was invited to a festival (Cinema delle Donne) in Turin, Italy. I wandered through the city, unaware that it was inhabited by Carlo Mollino (1905–1973); yet his sculptures and architectural works are everywhere. Mollino was a well-known and highly versatile artist—an architect, photographer, writer, and more.
This short film brings him back to life. He inhabits the body of this woman and speaks to us. Seated at the table of a house he once imagined, she rekindles within herself what once drove him: "We modern men are different, we are desperately alone, in search of perfection."
I once read this about him: "Mollino considered nature as the 'master of masters'—the ultimate source of inspiration for a design capable of combining structural rationality with harmony and expressive beauty." He himself was inhabited by nature.
This film brings him back to life. This film makes you want to see Turin again.
Sylvie Lapointe
Filmmaker
-
Français
Duration: 30 minutesLanguage: Français30 mn -
English
Duration: 30 minutesLanguage: English30 mn
- Année 2014
- Pays Italy
- Durée 30
- Producteur Dugong Production, Sky Arte HD
- Langue Italian
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court A séance in Carlo Mollino’s Casa-Museo. Through a woman’s mouth, the man who created so many portraits comes back to life.
