From Twirls to Breaststrokes: Sanfelice’s Debut Retains Rhythm but Keeps Distance
Utilizing the seldomly spotlighted sport of synchronized swimming as the backdrop, Cloro serves as a coming of age story for a young girl who suddenly crosses the threshold of young adult to adult due to familial circumstances. As the debut for co-writer/director Lamberto Sanfelice, the Italian language film finds its footing in its ability to develop without inflation and retain a keen simplicity and eye. Despite its acute approach, it ultimately follows closely a stoic sensibility primarily found within the European exports and does little to stand out from its equivalents.
After an abrupt move from picturesque seatown Ostia, Jenny (Sara Serraiocco) becomes the primary caretaker for her younger brother Fabrizio (Anatol Sassi) and mentally unstable father Alfio (Andrea Vergoni). These realities hinder her ability to continue her training as a synchronized swimmer though she does her...
Utilizing the seldomly spotlighted sport of synchronized swimming as the backdrop, Cloro serves as a coming of age story for a young girl who suddenly crosses the threshold of young adult to adult due to familial circumstances. As the debut for co-writer/director Lamberto Sanfelice, the Italian language film finds its footing in its ability to develop without inflation and retain a keen simplicity and eye. Despite its acute approach, it ultimately follows closely a stoic sensibility primarily found within the European exports and does little to stand out from its equivalents.
After an abrupt move from picturesque seatown Ostia, Jenny (Sara Serraiocco) becomes the primary caretaker for her younger brother Fabrizio (Anatol Sassi) and mentally unstable father Alfio (Andrea Vergoni). These realities hinder her ability to continue her training as a synchronized swimmer though she does her...
- 2/16/2015
- by Amanda Yam
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Cloro Director: Lamberto Sanfelice Starring: Sara Serraiocco, Anatol Sassi, Ivan Franek, Piera Degli Esposti, Giorgio Colangeli, Andrea Vergoni. Chlorine is the literal translation of the movie’s title, which exemplifies a destiny in a swimming pool. This first feature film by Lamberto Sanfelice, has been presented both at 2015’s Sundance Film Festival (in the category World Cinema Dramatic Competition) and at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation section. ‘Cloro’ is the story about Jenny, a seventeen year old who dreams of becoming a synchronised swimmer. But her carefree adolescent life in Ostia, a seacoast town near Rome, is shaken by the sudden death of her mother. With a mentally [ Read More ]
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- 2/14/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Cloro
Written by Elisa Amoruso and Lamberto Sanfelice
Directed by Lamberto Sanfelice
Italy, 2015
Cloro (that translates to Chlorine in English) is a film that has admirable qualities but is ultimately a dull affair. There are moments that director Lamberto Sanfelice makes effective, but for the most part he spends the duration of the feature seemingly uninterested in his own material. Jenny (Sara Serraiocco) is a 17-year old synchronized swimmer who is forced to uproot her life and move to the mountains to take care of her little brother and father, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown of some sort. Here she waits until she can return to her synchronized swimming team.
Sara Serraiocco gives a great performance in the lead of Jenny, but she isn’t enough to redeem the film from being relatively forgettable. Her eyes are burrowed into her face, and she makes the audience search for...
Written by Elisa Amoruso and Lamberto Sanfelice
Directed by Lamberto Sanfelice
Italy, 2015
Cloro (that translates to Chlorine in English) is a film that has admirable qualities but is ultimately a dull affair. There are moments that director Lamberto Sanfelice makes effective, but for the most part he spends the duration of the feature seemingly uninterested in his own material. Jenny (Sara Serraiocco) is a 17-year old synchronized swimmer who is forced to uproot her life and move to the mountains to take care of her little brother and father, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown of some sort. Here she waits until she can return to her synchronized swimming team.
Sara Serraiocco gives a great performance in the lead of Jenny, but she isn’t enough to redeem the film from being relatively forgettable. Her eyes are burrowed into her face, and she makes the audience search for...
- 2/1/2015
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
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