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Year of Production 2019

Flesh Out

English title: Flesh Out
Original title: Il Corpo della Sposa
German title: Flesh Out
Italy, 2019

Director: Occhipinti, Michela
Production company: Vivo film, Rai Cinema
Age recommendation: 15 years and up
Length: 94 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Verida must get married in 3 months. According to her hometown’s tradition, Verida needs to gain weight to create an ample body that appeals to her future husband. As an obedient daughter, she wakes up in the middle of the night to drink milk and eats couscous to faithfully stick to the strict manual. Meanwhile, she is attracted to other man and starts questioning whether following the conditions of marriage is what she really wants.

Festivals:
Innsbruck IFF 2019 (awarded), La Rochelle IFF 2019, Tribeca IFF 2019, Taipei IFF 2019, Haifa IFF 2019, Durban IFF 2019, Berlinale 2019, Göteborg IFF 2020, BIKY – Busan CFF 2020

World sales address/es:
Films Boutique (DE)

Sold to:
Lucky Red (IT)