Diagonale
Festival of Austrian Film
April 4–9, 2024, Graz

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Saturday, 25.03.
11:00, KIZ Royal 1

VERA

Feature Film, AT 2022, analog - 16mm, 115 min, OmdU

VERA follows the eponymous daughter of the famous Italian western star Giuliano Gemma as she moves between the Roman celebrity world and a working-class family with whom she establishes contact after a car accident. Because Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel encounter their contradictory protagonist gently, at eye level, a genuinely humanistic film arises, in which life does away with all prejudices.  

Director: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Script: Tizza Covi
Cast: Vera Gemma, Daniel De Palma, Walter Saabel, Sebastian Dascalu, Annamaria Ciancamerla, Asia Argento
Camera: Rainer Frimmel
Editor: Tizza Covi
Location Sound: Tizza Covi
Sounddesign: Manuel Grandpierre
Producers: Rainer Frimmel
Production: Vento Film