Overview

This work tells of the social struggles and changes faced by many people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly regarding the very strict and long-lasting quarantine regulations adopted in Italy.
Alice is a young woman who had lost her job to the pandemic and was risking to fall again in the spiral of depression she had just came out of a few months earlier.
The lack of social contact and the physical confinement intensely shaped her experience, and prompted her to re-invent her socially ingrained habits to try and elaborate her own answers to the new reality she now faces.

Title: A breath of fresh air (original: Una boccata d’aria)

Project type: Documentary short, student project

Runtime: 9 minutes 12 seconds

Completion date: June 30, 2021

Country of filming: Italy

Language: Italian

Subtitles: English

Credits: Director, writer, producer: Lisa McClure; Key Cast: Alice Serventi