Hands, trees, heads, scars

synopsis

More than 100,000 Ukrainians have already lost a limb as a result of the unjust war unleashed by Russia. Their scarred bodies are tended to by nurses behind the front lines. This is a film about touch – comforting and essential – that seeks to rekindle life from the flesh of the body where the soul is suffering.

“This only happens with time — in their case, two and a half years of production — but above all with the trust, the bond and the respect that forms with the people, the stories and the realities you set out to tell.” — Giacomo Locci, FerraraToday.

biography

Alberto Gottardo and Francesca Sironi focus on observational documentaries exploring the darker sides of reality – from YouTube fame to money laundering in the art world. Their films Marghe e Giulia, crescere in diretta (See If You Can See Yourself, 2019), Lodi primo soccorso (Lodi: Europe's First Hospital to Face the Pandemic, 2020) and Follow the Paintings (2016) have been screened at numerous festivals and on platforms such as Mubi, the BBC and Sky Atlantic.

film details

director:	Francesca Sironi, Alberto Gottardo
producer:	Alberto Gottardo

contact

Alberto Gottardo / Somewhere Studio
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