Art, in all the wrong places

La Sposa nel Vento premiered at the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival in front of a stunned and engaged audience, receiving high praise from viewers for its powerful and emotional depiction of the topic of gender violence against women.

Directed by Giovanni Coda, the film combines stunning dance moves with graphic and tragic stories to create a work of art that is both beautiful and impactful.

The film tackles the sensitive topic of domestic violence and its effects on women, their families, and future generations. It highlights the fact that patriarchal systems harm not just women but everyone, and it drives home the point that gender-based violence is an issue that affects us all.

Viewers were moved by the film's innovative approach to storytelling, which blends different art forms such as dance, voice-over, and powerful imagery. They were also touched by Giovanni's bravery in tackling such an important issue, and many felt that his unique perspective made the film even more impactful.

This are the voices of the viewers that I collected immediately after the Seattle premier.

PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M.Cristina Marras

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Like all of Giovanni's films, this was incredibly

powerful.

It was an emotional experience to go through,

and it was a bit of a rollercoaster

because these gorgeous, beautiful dance moves that were

so eloquent with these tragic, graphic stories.

Such a beautiful combination of effects and technique

always amazes me about his films.

I work in domestic violence, so this subject

matter is very dear to my heart, but

also the way the visual presentation of it

was just incredible.

It just touched my heart.

Oh, it's a deeply moving film, and it's

beautifully shot and artfully directed, and the performances

are also grounded.

And the poetry spoken is deeply profound in

a very real and moving way.

Oh, I thought it was beautiful, and I

loved seeing that it is such a violent

and difficult topic, and it was displayed in

this movie in such a beautiful way.

Hearing the stories interwoven with the beautiful dances,

which at one time were violent, and at

another time were so beautiful.

I mean, it was a work of art.

I loved it.

I really enjoyed, in particular, the part of

the story that was narrated from the point

of a younger boy thinking about his mother,

because I actually have a similar experience in

my family in that sense.

And it just really drives home the point

that it's a gender issue, it's a women's

issue, but no one wins under patriarchy, right?

Men or women, no one wins.

And so I was just really surprised, but

also moved that that was a part of

the film, that it's a woman's experience, but

also what does it do to the family,

and what does it do to future generations?

So it's really, really important.

I feel it's an honor to see it,

and I was moved by the photography and

the choreography.

I was thinking, watching it, experiencing it as

a woman, I was thinking about the director

Giovanni, that he's very courageous to do this

work, speak and work and express about femicide,

a man doing that, and I was moved

by that.

I thought it was, the way that the

story was told was very well done, because

different documentaries, they're usually just back-to-back

interviews, but I liked the different art forms

that he showed and tied together the different

images of people dancing, and then voiceover stories,

as well as stories where you're seeing the

woman and the emotions that she's having, having

to relive things that have happened to her,

so it was a very captivating story.

I was stunned by the creativity of it.

I think the melding of the art and

the arthouse movie was such an important topic

I'd never seen done before, and I think

that's so powerful.

I hope to see more.