An elderly woman, a former teacher with a passion for Dante’s Divine Comedy, reports the discovery of a corpse in an alley she traverss at night on her way to the cemetery, where her husband is buried. She talks about her habit of drinking, watching horror films, and the need to visit her husband’s grave even at night. During her deposition, the woman exhibits visual and olfactory hallucinations and selfharming behavior, and also suffers from a malaise that leads to fainting. She is revived by paramedics. Once recovered, she intensifies her delusional behaviors, and it is revealed that the corpse does not exist and that she is actually speaking to a psychiatrist. Concluding what is in reality a therapy session, the doctor diagnoses her with Cotard’s syndrome, the condition that has led her to believe she is dead.
production: Daniele Baldacci for Blue Cinema Tv
director: Davide Colaiocco
subject and screenplay: Davide Colaiocco, Alessandra Arcieri
cast: Tiziana Bagatella, Gigi Giuffrida
cinematography: Daniele Baldacci
editing: Federico Maria Baldacci
music: Pier Cortese
costume designer: Cristina Vetere, Il Costume (ROMA)
make-up: Giovanna Racioppa
scenography: Gino Vetere
production manager: Andrea Tinnirello
visual effects: Matteo Accurso
original title: Corpo
year: 2018 country: Italy
original language: italian
time running: 13’
format: color, 16:9