2022 Austrian film
Vera |
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Directed by | Tizza Covi Rainer Frimmel |
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Written by | Tizza Covi |
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Produced by | Tizza Covi Rainer Frimmel |
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Starring | Vera Gemma |
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Cinematography | Rainer Frimmel |
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Edited by | Tizza Covi |
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Music by | Florian Benzer Michael Pogo Kreiner |
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Production company | Vento Film |
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Countries | Austria Italy |
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Language | Italian |
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Vera is a 2022 Austrian-Italian docudrama film directed and produced by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel. It stars Vera Gemma playing a semi-fictionalized version of herself.[1][2][3]
The film was selected in the Horizons section at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the awards for Best Director and Best Actress.[4][5] It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[6]
Plot
Vera, the daughter of Spaghetti Western star Giuliano Gemma, spends a lavish and superficial life in the shadow of her father. Her life has an unexpected turning point after injuring a child in a car accident.
Cast
- Vera Gemma as Vera
- Giuliana Gemma as Giuli
- Asia Argento as Asia
- Alessandra Di Sanzo as Alessandra
- Daniel De Palma as Daniel
- Sebastian Dascalu as Manuel
- Gennaro Lilio as Gennaro
- Annamaria Ciancamerla as grandmother
- Ivan Bellavista as director of the audition
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