2023 | Italy | Documentary

Tempo D’Attesa (Waiting Time)

  • Italian - 75 mins
  • Director | Claudia Brignone
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Raffaella Pontarelli

STATUS: Released

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It’s summer, and the warm sunlight bathes Teresa as she walks towards the shade of a large Magnolia tree. Teresa, a midwife, is seventy years old, with braided white hair and a welcoming smile. Seated in a circle under the tree are about ten pregnant women, all with different stories and background and at different stages of pregnancy. As they introduce themselves and share fragments of their lives they reflect with Teresa on the transitional phase they are going through. We see the same women in their intimacy, as they are visited by Teresa; some of them welcome the camera during the labor and the birth of their children. From their stories a tapestry of emotions, doubts, and fears is woven. Many images arise from their words, an intertwining of lives in which pregnancy becomes an opportunity for personal exploration and transformation.

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