Chlorophyll

Dir. Ivana Gloria
Fanomenon / Competition
Fri 8 Nov and Sun 10 Nov
Fri 8 Nov
and
Sun 10 Nov
  • Fri 8 Nov
    18:30 - 19:45
    Q&A with director Ivana Gloria +
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event
  • Sun 10 Nov
    18:15 - 19:30
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Past event

In this intimate film fairy tale from Italy, Maia - whose hair and blood are naturally green - is constantly drawn to connect with nature, trees and flowers.

In Ivana Gloria’s tender and mesmerising fairy tale, green-haired Maia (Sarah Short) is tired of city life and, driven by a desire to be among nature, she decides to spend the summer picking oranges. In the orchards she is greeted by the gardener, an eccentric loner called Teo (Michele Ragno), who notices that Maia isn’t like everyone else. In the same way he tends his plants, he devotes his time and energy to her, too, and the young woman starts to blossom, literally. Their burgeoning friendship, however, is unsettled by the arrival of Teo’s father and older brother Arturo.

“Dripping with sensual and vibrant natural imagery, Chlorophyll is a reminder of how connected humans and nature are, and how they both need to be appreciated but never possessed.” – Emma Kiely, Collider

The screening on 8 Nov will be followed by a Q&A with director Ivana Gloria and actress Sarah Short.

 

Chlorophyll

Director: Ivana Gloria
Premiere status: UK Premiere
Running time: 75 minutes
Production year: 2023
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English subtitles
Print source: Albedo Productions