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LADY IN ERMINE (PROOF OF CONCEPT)

By Donna DIGIUSEPPE

Historical - Completed 2022

"One day I'm going to paint him I'm going to capture the soul of the king."

Festivals
& Awards

Waterford International Film Festival 2022

short film Special Mention

Culver City Film Festival 2022

Best Historical Fiction

Rome Independent Film Festival 2022

Feature Screenplay Finalist

La Femme International Film Festival Los Angeles 2022

Feature Screenplay Finalist

New York Shorts International Film Festival 2022

International Short Official Selection

Earl's Court International Film Festival 2022

International Short Official Selection

San Pedro International Film Festival 2022

Official Selection

Cinalfama Lisbon Screening and Awards 2022

Best Actress Nominee

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Historical, Book adaptation, Drama
- Countries
- ITALY
- Languages
- ITALIAN
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 8 mn
- Director(s)
- Donna DIGIUSEPPE
- Writer(s)
- Donna DIGIUSEPPE
- Cast
- Valeria DI MENNO
- Producer(s)
- Giuseppe D'ANGELLA (Filo Production)
- Synopsis
- LADY IN ERMINE SHORT SERVES AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR FEATURE FILM ADAPTION: Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625) was the first successful woman painter in European history. She was prolific, inventive, and daring. Then, much of her oeuvre was attributed to men, from El Greco to Coello to Titian. LADY IN ERMINE portrays the day when Sofonisba realizes her calling for portraiture and envisions the masterpiece she will render, one day, capturing the soul of Philip II of Spain, the foreign ruler who invaded her country. The day begins in church. Sofonisba remains behind in an empty church, obsessing on the face of the Madonna. We see her ingenious mind racing before us, until the moment she is interrupted by her father, calling her home for the king's impending march. When Sofonisba locks eyes with the king, she sees through him, as only a portraitist can, to the deep recesses of his soul: the soul of a penitent Philip II.