Ears (film)

Ears
Directed by	Alessandro Aronadio
Screenplay by	Alessandro Aronadio Valerio Cilio (collaboration)
Starring	Daniele Parisi Francesca Antonelli Silvana Bosi Masaria Colucci Silvia D'Amico Piera Degli Esposti Ivan Franěk Sonia Gessner Paolo Giovannucci Rocco Papaleo Andrea Purgatori Re Salvador Niccolò Senni Pamela Villoresi Milena Vukotic Massimo Wertmüller
Cinematography	Francesco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Roberto Di Tanna
Music by	Santi Pulvirenti
Release date	2016 (2016)
Language	Italian

Ears (Italian: Orecchie) is a 2016 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alessandro Aronadio. It premiered at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival.

Plot

Cast

• Daniele Parisi as Him
• Silvia D'Amico as Alice
• Pamela Villoresi as Rosanna
• Ivan Franek as Nikolaj
• Rocco Papaleo as Giancarlo
• Piera Degli Esposti as Newspaper Editor
• Milena Vukotic as Miss Marinetti
• Paolo Giovannucci as Remo
• Andrea Purgatori as Otolaryngologist
• Massimo Wertmüller as Gastroenterologist
• Francesca Antonelli as Emergency Room Clerk
• Niccolò Senni as Fast Food Clerk
• Silvana Bosi as Nun
• Sonia Gessner as Neighbor

Production

The film was shot in black and white and uses a metaphorical aspect ratio, which starts in 1:1 and gradually expands to 1.85.1.[1][2][3]

Release

The film premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, in the Venice Biennale sidebar, and was awarded the Young Cinema Award for best Italian film.[4] The film was also screened at the Seattle International Film Festival.[5]

Reception

The film was nominated as best comedy film at the 2017 Silver Ribbon Awards.[6] Giampietro Balia from Cineuropa described it as a "sardonic take on our human condition", whose "even-keeled satire spares nobody", and paired it to Jan-Ole Gerster's A Coffee in Berlin, even if "Aronadio goes one step further, bending the rules of composition to serve the higher purpose of trapping the protagonist in a claustrophobic and stifling space".[7]

References

1. Wilkinson, Amber (7 March 2017). "Alessandro Aronadio on his tragicomic drama Orecchie (Ears)". Eye For Film. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. Jones, Stephen (1 June 2017). "Film Review: 'Ears'". The Knockturnal. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
3. Vicinelli, Giulio (9 June 2017). "La simmetria del fotogramma". il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
4. Franklin, Anna (12 September 2016). "FNE at Venice 2016: Prize Winners - FilmNewEurope.com". FilmNewEurope. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
5. Polk, Leilani (6 June 2017). "SIFF Review: Ears Is a Fun, Absurdist Comedy from Italy". The Stranger. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
6. Di Palma, Lorenzo (7 June 2017). "Nastri d'argento 2017: premi speciali e nomination". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2024.
7. Balia, Giampietro (3 September 2016). "A ringing in the Ears". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

External links

• Ears at IMDb