A CHIARA

Film Info

Italy 2021 | 121 min. Director: Jonas Carpignano

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Production Company

Stayblack Productions

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A CHIARA

Synopsis

The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dance floor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family are in top form. However, everything changes the next day when the father disappears. Chiara starts to investigate. As she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself.

Cast & Crew

Director

Jonas Carpignano
Producer

Jon Coplon, Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Ryan Zacarias, Julie Billy, Carole Scotta
Screenwriter

Jonas Carpignano
Director of photography

Tim Curtin
Main Cast

Swamy Rotolo (Chiara), Claudio Rotolo (Claudio), Grecia Rotolo (Giulia), Carmela Fumo (Carmela), Giorgia Rotolo (Giorgia)
Editor (Cut)

Affonso Gonçalves
Sound

Giuseppe Tripodi
Original Score

Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Production Design

Marco Ascanio Viarigi
VFX Supervisor

Andreas Hylander, Richard Blank, Alan Banis
Costume Design

Nicoletta Taranta
Makeup

Lisa Mustafa

Biography

Jonas Carpignano grew up between Rome and New York. After two short films which won awards at the 68th Venice Film Festival and the Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2014, he directed his first feature film, MEDITERRANEA, selected at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 (Critics’ Week). Jonas’s second feature, A CIAMBRA, premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2017. A CHIARA, his third film, also premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight and closes the trilogy on the town of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, Italy, where these three films were shot.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - A CHIARA
2017 - A CIAMBRA
2015 - MEDITERRANEA
2014 - A CIAMBRA, short
2012 - A CHJÀNA, short
2011 - BAYOU BLACK, short
2010 - RESURRECTION MAN, short
2006 - LA CASA D'ARGENTO BAVA, short