Director's statement:
Harmony” is for me the chance to tell the story of the trauma caused by my parents’ divorce and its impact on my personal and artistic life.
My parents divorced when I was 10 years old. My sister and I lived with my mother, but we often had to go to my father’s house or spend time with him. My mother is a Freudian psychologist, while my father is a Jungian psychologist. They also have very different political, cultural, and social ideas. Because of this, I grew up divided: on one side influenced by my mother’s values, on the other by my father’s. Both wanted me to become their idea of the “perfect adult.”
This short film was born from this fracture, which I still carry inside me. Just like little Lorenzo in the film, who is literally split in half by his parents. The only solution and cure for this discomfort, for me, was finding something that belonged only to me: something personal, unique, a way of expressing and communicating myself. I discovered writing, and later cinema. These passions gave me new energy and helped me build my own individuality.
The protagonist, Lorenzo, follows the same path. He finds his cure in music and his love for the piano, which allow him to become whole again and regain his identity. The central theme of Armonia is this: when we live according to the rules and ideas of others, rules that are not really ours, we risk breaking apart and losing our individuality forever. But when we are true to ourselves and follow our own inclinations, we can find peace, balance, and harmony. For me, this is what it means to grow up.
I care deeply for this project, because it is a piece of my soul. That's why this is my first time as a director. I have invested some money to start the preproduction. We have now the character designs, a rough cut, a storyboard and some beautiful concept arts. We also have netwroked a lot, and we have found some amazing artists that are willing to do the project with the budget of this contest.
I’m sure this story coil sounds meaningful to the reader and the audience, and I think it could do great on festivals.
