MY SUMMER WITH IRÈNE
Director Carlo Sironi Cast: Noée Abita, Camilla Brandeburg
Screenplay Carlo Sironi e Silvana Tamma
Producer: Giovanni Pompili
Co-producer: Julie Billy, Naomi Denamur editing Chiara Dainese director of photography Gergely Pohanok executive producer Lara Costa-Calzado casting Sara Casani set design Ilaria Sadun original music Lionel Boutang costumes Olivia Bellini sound editing Marzia Cordò Stefano, Gianluca Costamagna.
An Italian-French co-production producer by Kino produzioni and Rai Cinema in co-production with June Films with the support of MIC - contributo per lo sviluppo di opere franco – italiane e il contributo selettivo allo sviluppo e pre produzione.
Country: Italy / France
SYNOPSIS
Italy, 1997. Clara and Irene, both 17, meet at a summer camp organized by the hospital who treats them. Clara is shy while Irene is untamed - they instantly become inseparable friends. Instead of going back to their families, they decide to run away to a faraway island off the coast of Sicily to live their first summer as young women. They live carefree and dream of love, while recording on VHS their moments together and confronting their fear of the future.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Carlo Sironi was born in Rome in 1983. His first three short films, SOFIA (2008), CARGO (2012) and VALPARAISO (2016) were selected in Torino, Venice and Locarno and were very successful in the festival circuit. With his projects Sironi participates to the Berlinale Script Station, to the Cannes’ Cinefondation Residence and to the Sundance Lab. His debut feature SOLE was presented in the Orizzonti Competition at Venice in 2019 and later screened in competition at Toronto and Berlinale. The film won Best First Feature Film at the 2020 European Film Awards and Carlo was nominated for Best New Director at the David di Donatello Awards.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
Carlo Sironi was born in Rome in 1983. His shorts ‘Cargo’ and ‘Valparaiso’, were selected in Venice and Locarno. In 2019, Sironi signed his debut feature, ‘Sole’, which premiered in Orizzonti Competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and established him as one of the most interesting emerging directors from Italy. ‘Sole’ won the Discovery Prize as Best First Feature Film at the European Film Awards 2020 and was nominated for Best Debut Director at the David di Donatello Awards.
