AMUSIA

What would your life be like if you couldn’t listen to music? If the tonalities of music caused you pain and disorientation? Such a condition is called Amusia, and that is what Livia (Carlotta Gamba) is living with. A condition that has driven her away from friends and family. At the vibrant, neon lit Motel Amor, Livia forms a bond with the receptionist Lucio (Giampiero De Concilio), and a relationship begins to develop. However, Lucio is an aspiring DJ for whom music is life. Can the young couple overcome these difficulties?

Set in a small, visually striking Italian town in the 1980’s, this ethereal romance immerses us in Livia’s disconcerting music-less world with evocative sound design and expressive visuals and location work. With a faraway look in her eyes, Carlotta Gamba is a beguiling presence in the central role, while veteran French actress Fanny Ardant is also on fine form as a mother trying to understand the strange undiagnosed malaise inhabiting her daughter.

Director Marescotti Ruspoli will be attending the screening. Fanny Ardant and lead actress Carlotta Gamba will join us online.