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Chiara

  • Susanna Nicchiarelli
  • 106 min
  • Italy, Belgium
  • 2022
  • Fiction
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Flashmob in medieval square in feminist musical about revolutionary saint Clare of Assisi’s miraculous struggle.

After Nico 1988 (GFF 2018) and Miss Marx, the Italian maximalist Susanna Nicchiarelli tackles another icon: Saint Clare of Assisi who founds a monastic order in early-thirteenth-century Umbria. As a teenager, she runs away from her aristocratic family and joins Francis of Assisi and his mendicant monks, and soon she gathers “Clares” in her own order. In Margherita Mazzucco’s (My Brilliant Friend) brilliant portrayal, Clare debates Bible passages, performs miracles and angers cardinals and popes in Rome. With a wonderful mix of genres, Nicchiarelli combines a low-key storytelling with wonderfully funky musical elements.

- Jonas Holmberg

Language
Italian, Latin
Subtitles
English
Original title
Chiara
  • Epok
  • Religion
  • Historia
  • Drama
  • Feminism
  • Musikal
Director
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Producers
Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli
Screenplay
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Cinematographer
Crystel Fournier
Editor
Stefano Cravero
Music
Anonima Frottolisti
Cast
Andrea Carpenzano , Carlotta Natoli , Paola Tiziana Cruciani , Luigi Lo Cascio , Margherita Mazzuco
Contact
The Match Factory,  info@matchfactory.de