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WAITING TIME

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By Claudia BRIGNONE

AMARENA FILM - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2023

Under the shade of a Magnolia tree, a group of pregnant women gathers weekly. Among them is Teresa, an experienced midwife who listens to them attentively. Sitting in a circle the women contemplate the birth of the child and their emerging roles as mothers.

Festivals
& Awards

Torino FF 2023
Special Jury Award
Trieste Film Festival 2024
Corso Salani
Bolzano Film Festival 2024
Reale non Reale
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Female director, Social issues
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Claudia BRIGNONE
    • Producer(s)
    • Raffaella PONTARELLI (AMARENA FILM), Giovanni DONFRANCESCO (Altara Films), Rai CINEMA (RAI CINEMA)
    • Synopsis
    • It’s summer, and the warm sunlight bathes Teresa as she walks towards the shade of a large Magnolia tree. Teresa, a midwife, is seventy years old, with braided white hair and a welcoming smile. Seated in a circle under the tree are about ten pregnant women, all with different stories and background and at different stages of pregnancy. As they introduce themselves and share fragments of their lives they reflect with Teresa on the transitional phase they are going through. We see the same women in their intimacy, as they are visited by Teresa; some of them welcome the camera during the labor and the birth of their children. From their stories a tapestry of emotions, doubts, and fears is woven. Many images arise from their words, an intertwining of lives in which pregnancy becomes an opportunity for personal exploration and transformation.
      “Waiting Time” is a reflection on birth, on what it means to be a parent today, and on the path that turns a woman into a mother and the psychological and cultural aspects of this journey.The film travels into the lives of these women who come together in a circle and remain connected, as creating a community becomes a genuine need.
    • Partners & financing
    • RAI CINEMA; Film Commission Regione Campania;
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Mar 01, 2023
    • End of shooting
    • Oct 01, 2023
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