In this documentary-short double bill, we follow the creative successes and struggles of filmmaker Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down’s Syndrome, as he directs his first project – an autobiographical horror-musical called The Puppet Asylum.
There’s something of the Greek weird wave or Wes Anderson in Carolina Cavalli’s deadpan humour, offset by Benedetta Porcaroli’s wildly energetic central turn
Needy, truculent, and aggressive, an in-your-face stick of intensity and guilt-inducing melancholy, privileged young Amanda in Carolina Cavalli’s downbeat comedy is the girl no one wants to end up talking to in the kitchen at parties. So empathetic is Benedetta Porcaroli’s portrayal of this emotional aggressor, however, that it’s difficult not to root for her. Especially if, per William Blake, one’s bag is eternal night rather than sweet delight.
14/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: Carolina Cavalli’s debut film about an eccentric 25-year-old woman looking for friendship is inspired by independent, American coming-of-age comedy dramas