Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
Austria | 2022 | 115 min
Swiss Premiere
Language : Italian
Subtitles : French, English

Daughter of the iconic actor Giuliano Gemma, Vera Gemma feels crushed by the weight of her parentage. After an accident, she fills the void in her life by befriending a young boy. A film that thrives on the border between fiction and reality, and tackles head-on the question of privilege, the transactional nature of relationships, and how our identities are constructed.

For Vera Gemma, beauty is a highly serious matter. Daughter of the spaghetti western icon Giuliano Gemma, she feels crushed by the weight of her parentage and her inherited fame. With her timeless face and her assertive – to put it mildly – fashion sense, this charismatic woman wanders around Rome in search of experiences, emotions and encounters. A road accident that injures a child offers her the chance to turn a corner, befriending the boy's family to fill the void in her life. Drawing on the real-life character of Vera Gemma, directors Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel have made a quirky and profound film that thrives on the nebulous border between fiction and reality. Through the depiction of monotonous daily wandering, Vera tackles head-on the question of privilege, the society of the spectacle, the transactional nature of our relationships, and how our identities are constructed. Filled with contradictions, the heroine’s personality fascinates: unique and caricatural, offbeat and touching, egocentric and altruistic all at once. Vera Gemma's first role is an incredible performance, winning her the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival.

 

Bastien Bento

Rainer Frimmel
Vera, 2022
Notes From the Underworld, 2020
Mister Universo, 2016
Der Fotograf vor der Kamera, 2014
The Shine of Day, 2012
La Pivellina, 2009
Babooska, 2005
That’s All, 2001

Tizza Covi
Vera, 2022
Notes From the Underworld, 2020
Mister Universo, 2016
Der Fotograf vor der Kamera, 2014
The Shine of Day, 2012
La Pivellina, 2009
Babooska, 2005
That’s All, 2001

Screenings and tickets


Saturday 22 April 2023 10:00

Monday 24 April 2023 10:30

Trailer

Screenplay
Tizza Covi
Photography
Rainer Frimmel
Sound
Tizza Covi
Editing
Tizza Covi
Production
Tizza CoviRainer Frimmel
Sales contact
Linda VenturiniBE FOR FILMSfestival@beforfilms.com+32489802123