Kino immer anders
At the cemetery of Buffalora, Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) works as a gravedigger — accompanied by his assistant Gnaghi, who can only say the syllable “Gna.” What makes this cemetery special? The dead don’t stay dead: after seven days, they rise again from their graves, and it is Francesco’s job to put them back underground. His already absurd daily routine spirals further out of control when he falls in love with a mysterious woman (Anna Falchi), who also dies… or maybe not… or perhaps returns. Several times. And with different faces — blurring the line between reality and hallucination more and more.
Based on the novel Dellamorte Dellamore by Tiziano Sclavi (the “father” of Dylan Dog), the film is a concentrate of black humor and macabre poetry. A wild ride between Eros and Thanatos, splatter and barroom philosophy, decadent romanticism and zombies with bureaucracy. Soavi delivers a film that seems to do everything wrong but somehow gets everything perfectly right—including an atmosphere that blends arthouse trash with existential melancholy.
Federico Schembri
