Suddenly, a woman needs to write about her youth.

In a curt way, far away from moral, Ardenza is the testimony of sexual liberation and political commitment, during the 90’s in Italy. The young woman moves, bangs, suffers and comes. Her story is made of meetings, short and heady moments. She tells her glowing path through desire and bodies. This movie is full of sensual energy coming from a moment of her life that still resists and quivers.

In the background, Italians are about to give power to Forza Italia, battles between the left and extreme right wings are more and more violent. Thanks to a plastic and mixed language, it’s a wild and free voice, a coarse femininity, which is at ease and singular that the film shows.

Dir. Daniela de Felice - 66min - 2022 - France

"beguiling cine-essay...Daniela de Felice’s impressionistic, sensuous documentary meditates on the romantic relationships and student activism of her youth in 1990s Italy" - Guardian

"A film of otherworldly and astonishing beauty...unexpected and moving, with riveting sensitivity and sensuality." - Visions du Reel

"A testimony of sensual emancipation and political commitment" - Sens Critique

"A beautifully written & performed personal essay accompanied by archive footage and original illustrations." - Letterboxd // ethanmakesfilms