(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 22 - "It is a great happiness to know that Le Pupille have been loved and are in this selection", Alice Rohrwacher tells ANSA exclusively, commenting on the entry of her minifilm in the shortlist among live-action shorts who can aspire to be nominated for the Oscars.
Le Pupille, available on Disney+, produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina (storm), by Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodriguez (Esperanto Filmoj), 37 minutes in all, is a small film about desire, freedom and devotion but also about the anarchic spirit that can develop in the minds of some young girls in a strict religious boarding school at Christmas.
"I am happy - continues the director - for all of us who have worked with care, passion but also lightly on this film, for the beautiful family of collaborators who accompany me, I am happy for the girls, for Alfonso Cuaron who was the first to want to see this film, and I am grateful to Goffredo Fofi who prompted me to read this story, and even more to Elsa Morante who imagined telling desires, scandals and the need for rebellion through the tale of a trifle".
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