The short, shot entirely on the lagoon islands, is supported by the Veneto Film Commission and distributed by Italy’s Cattive Produzioni. But now that he has returned, something inside him is beginning to crack.” The story follows Marco (played by Manfredi Marini), who in childhood was nicknamed “Mutrion” (which means “sulky”). Marco left the lagoon area at age twenty.
Unlike the other locals, he never lost his toenail. Returning four years later, he faces the community’s tacit expectations and structural isolation, causing something deep within him to fracture as the landscape shifts between physical reality and psychological projection. In the Venetian lagoon, rituals, superstitions and family stories are still present and continue to shape collective identity,” Cavazzin said in his directors’ statement.
Locarno’s Leopards of Tomorrow selection was judged by a jury panel made up by Lebanese director Mounia Akl; South African producer Steven Markovitz and Italian director Antonio Piazza. Mutrion was the only Italian entry among 20 works from all over the world, including France, the U.K., Iran, Qatar, China, Taiwan, the U.S. and Ukraine.
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