Rosetta's Lucky House
2024 | Super 8 | 4'18"
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Rosetta’s Lucky House brims with love and charm. This short experimental documentary demonstrates three superstitions from the south of Italy. We listen as Grandma Rosetta traces the magical fragments of a maternal lineage that she carried with her from Sicily to the United States in 1955.
The film is set in a delicate space between myth, memory, and reality. The tapestry of classic Super 8 textures, as well as Domenico Modungno’s shimmering 1959 Eurovision hit, mirror the timelessness of the magic displayed: you too, could have a lucky home… if you follow Rosetta’s advice.
The 1st tribute to my grandmother's world of Sicilian superstitions.
"This film is really about my mother." - Grandma Rosetta