Past screening

Wake Me Up At Midnight

Directed by: Francesco Patierno
Runtime: 1h 11min Certificate: TBC

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Directed by: Francesco Patierno
Runtime: 1h 11min Certificate: TBC
Topics: Personal Stories
Last Screened: Sat 24th Jun 2023

Striking, honest and poetic in equal measure, Wake Me Up At Midnight is a patchwork collage of a young woman's life.

The woman in question is Italian journalist and writer Fuani Marino – impulsive, creative, brilliant and suffering from undiagnosed mental illness.

When Fuani marries and has a baby, her world begins to spiral out of control.This exquisitely-composed reflection on a life, is pieced together entirely from archival material – inventively using both personal and public archives.

Narrated by the magnetic Fuani herself, it intimately tells a very human story of hope and perseverance, in sublime Italian style.

The screening on Saturday the 24th of June was followed by a Q&A with director Francesco Patierno in partnership with Cinecittà Italian Doc Season. Hosted by Malaika Bova.


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Cinecittà Presents: Italian Docs Season:

Cinecittà is bringing a weekend of the best Italian documentaries to Bertha DocHouse for a two-day celebration of Italian film, on 24+25 Jun.