IMAGO MORTIS
by Stefano Bessoni
synopsis
They say that in 1600s, long before the invention of photography, a scientist named Fumagalli, was obsessed with the idea of reproducing images. He discovered that by killing a victim and removing his eyeballs it was possible to reproduce on paper the last image imprinted on the person's retina. He named such tecnique "Thanatography". Today, the same kind of gruesome ritual and abominable crimes recur within the walls of an international school of cinema...
original title: | Imago Mortis |
country: | Italy, Spain |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Stefano Bessoni |
film run: | 109' |
release date: | IT 16/01/2009, ES 24/07/2009 |
screenplay: | Stefano Bessoni, Luis Alejandro Berdejo |
cast: | Alberto Amarilla, Álex Angulo, Francesco Carnelutti, Geraldine Chaplin, Oona Chaplin, Anna Cuculo |
cinematography by: | Arnaldo Catinari |
film editing: | Raimondo Aiello, Consuelo Catucci |
art director: | Briseide Siciliano |
costumes designer: | Alessandra Torella |
music: | Zacarías M. de la Riva |
producer: | Sonia Raule, Álvaro Augustín, Marco Guidone, Fernando Ghia |
production: | Pixstar, Telecinco Cinema, I.I.D. (IE) |
distributor: | Medusa Film, Aurum (ES) |