ASINO
synopsis
Asino consists of eight novellas, approximately 20 minutes each. Shot in Italy, Vasiliev's film teeters between reality and allegory, asking viewers to reflect on what they see. The chapter titles (Bacchus, Medea, etc.) and quotes from Apuleius, Pirandello and Aeschylus provide context. The third novella documents the donkey worship in Alba, Italy, where donkey races are held during the Palio. In Asino, donkeys are simultaneously domesticated animals, humans and divine, mythological creatures, so in a sense the film summarises the beast’s role in Western culture.
original title: | Asino |
country: | Switzerland |
sales agent: | Trikita Entertainment AG (RU) |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Anatoly Vasilyev |
film run: | 167' |
screenplay: | Anatoly Vasilyev |
cinematography by: | Ruslan Fedotov, Alexandra Kulak |
film editing: | Daniil Nikolsky |
music: | Giovanni Sollima |
producer: | Yuriy Krestinskiy, Anatoly Vasilyev |
executive producer: | Claudio Gabriele, Vera Levchenko |
line producer: | Anna Shalashina |
production: | Trikita Entertainment AG (RU) |