Anime galleggianti (Wandering Souls) reinterprets the stories of the most intriguing characters of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, including Persephone, Arachne, Callisto, Europa, Daphne and Orpheus. The transformations of forms into new bodies are narrated by the Parca who cuts the thread of life. These episodes are interwoven and tied together by the presence of the philosopher Pythagoras, who accompanies us on a journey from the origins of the world to the present day.
The mythological tales are reinvented through Sardinian tradition and culture. A hybrid experiment between reality and imagination, the film is also the result of a close collaboration with artisans, musicians and local inhabitants. The metamorphoses culminate in the carnival ritual, symbolized by the island’s archaic masks, neither human nor animal, but almost divine figures that visually transcend the boundaries of the natural world.
Embracing a poetic, post-humanist and non-anthropocentric vision, the film places nature in the foreground. It aims to make the invisible visible, and reveal the eternal transmigration of souls.
Directed by Maria Giménez Cavallo. In Italian, Sardinian, and French with English subtitles. ITALY-USA 2024.
More information at animafilms.net.
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