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THE STATE OF SOULS

LO STATO DELLE ANIME

By Peter MARCIAS

Animation - Pre-Production 2017

Efisio Maraini, a famous embalmer from Cagliari (1835-1900) is called to investigate upon the mysterious crimes.

- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Animation, Crime, Fantasy
- Countries
- ITALY
- Languages
- ITALIAN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Peter MARCIAS
- Writer(s)
- Peter MARCIAS
- Producer(s)
- Camillo ESPOSITO (CAPETOWN FILM SRL)
- Synopsis
- Late Nineteenth century. In the village of Abinei, perched in the mountain of Eastern Sardinia, there is a higher order established between the living and the dead: each birth corresponds to a transition and vice-versa. However, a series of murderers, extremely polished in terms of symbolism and execution, breaks this equilibrium. Efisio Maraini, a famous embalmer from Cagliari (1835-1900) is called to investigate upon the mysterious crimes. His tormented but positive attitude infects his main collaborators in this adventure: Dehonis, a colleague from the past years of University, and Pescetto, chief of the army.
  The happenings come together into a story that progressively leads the characters to a psychological crisis. Marini connects all the elements and the tale gets closed, towards the structure of a strong and appealing noir.
- Partners & financing
- Sardinia Film Commission; Regione of Sardinia; Ethnographic Institute of Sardinia; Comune of Cagliari
- Beginning of shooting
- Sep 11, 2016
- End of shooting
- Apr 16, 2017