Kino immer anders
Invelle traces the history of an Italian peasant family across three generations. It tells of Zelinda, whose childhood is ravaged by the effects of the First World War and the Spanish flu, her daughter Assunta, who grows up during the reign of fascism, and finally, Assunta’s son Icaro, who experiences the political turmoil and economic crisis of the 1970s. Unable to fully understand, let alone influence, the cataclysmic historical events that shape their lives, the three can do little but endure, finding solace in their small family unit and everyday moments of poetry.
In his feature film debut, animator Simone Massi pays tribute to the rural area of his youth. Befitting its title, which means “Nowhere” in the Marchigiano dialect, Invelle speaks of places forgotten by the outside world, where personal memories survive only as part of oral traditions. The fate of the film’s family is that of many families across the globe whose poverty and lack of education put them at the mercy of history’s cruel progress. Yet despite its dark subject matter, Invelle is ultimately a story of hope, aided in no small part by the incredibly beautiful animation style. More than 40’000 hand-scratched images were created for the film, a labour of love that took twelve years to complete.
Mischa Haberthür
Content notes: war
Introduction shorts: We will start the screening with I like life a lot from Kati Macskàssy, 1977 (9 min)
