Giulio Donato’s ‘Labyrinths,’ Premiering in Venice, Debuts Clip (Exclusive)
Giulio Donato’s “Labyrinths,” which plays in an Out of Competition slot at Venice Days, an independent sidebar to the Venice Film Festival, has debuted a first clip (below). Open Reel is handling international sales.
The film centers on Francesco, an introverted guy, born in a village surrounded by nature in the mountains of Calabria. He grows up with Mimmo, his best friend, with whom he shares everything until adolescence. One day he finds a book, which becomes almost a magical object that will change the course of his life.
Francesco has a dream and he will find the courage to pursue it against everything and everyone: not only the society around him, that makes him feel trapped in a labyrinth of unwritten psychological and social rules, but also against Mimmo.
In a statement, the director said: “For ‘Labyrinths’ my intention was to start from reality and create, by filming,
