Two junkies, one mic, zero pity—70s Milan's heroin epidemic in their own raw words.
Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away her journey as a child locked up in boarding school, ran away from home, taken back by her family and treated as a lost woman. She talks about her marriage to a boy who emigrated to Germany, and her inability to adapt to this new situation. She narrates the arrival in Milan, the meeting with Antonio and the one with drugs. A dialogue for two voices traces the ruthless picture of drug addiction, the daily search for the dose and the attempts to get out of it. It is a poignant document, above all for the lucidity, measure, maturity and intelligence of two unforgettable figures.
Direction
Branca's invisible hand lets subjects become co-authors.
Editing
Dialogue structure turns testimony into tragic duet.
Director
Antonello Branca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Italy's anni di piombo, when state violence and social crisis bled into each other; the film's obscurity speaks to who gets memorialized.
Branca reportedly destroyed most prints fearing exploitation charges; surviving copies were smuggled out by French critics.
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