1960s Italian supermodel Benedetta Barzini was a cover girl for every major magazine and was a muse to Warhol, Dalí and Avedon. But her time in the spotlight clashed with her political awakenings, leading her to become an outspoken academic and women's rights activist. Teaching new generations to identify and fight the objectifying gaze of the patriarchy, she increasingly retreated from view. Now in her 70s, she announces to her filmmaker son Beniamino that she wants to disappear. He is troubled by her ominous but vague plans and her insistence that she needs to escape. To keep her close, Beniamino films her as she sorts her belongings and closes up the family home. By forcing her in front of the camera, her nemesis, his attempt to understand her devolves into an uncomfortable battle between mother and son, viewer and object, in this original study of liberation. Myrocia Watamaniuk
Made In Italy program presented in partnership with the Italian Trade Commission and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.