Fiammetta

Fiammetta

1965 · 23 min · ★ 6.0

Short fiction film starring Fiammetta, a fourteen-year-old girl. Raised in a splendid home in the Tuscan countryside, she ruminates on her memories, her frustrations and her desires. All the charm of the character lies in his innocent perversity. Absorbed by her daydreams, she lives in the universe where her father died and where her mother, still young and beautiful, attracts admirers. One of four film sketches on the problems of adolescents facing the adult world in the 1960s included in the anthology film That Tender Age (La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes). The three other sketches were directed by Michel Brault, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Jean Rouch.

Directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi

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