Becoming Giulia (16+)
Switzerland, 2022, colour, 103 min.
Director: Laura Kaehr
Director: Laura Kaehr
Just four months after giving birth, Giulia Tonelli, prima ballerina of the Zurich Opera, is coming back to the stage. An uneasy task not only for her body, but because of the conservative environment she’s in. In a field where it is necessary to live, and to breathe only for art, Giulia is now torn between her role as a mother and her choice of career and the sacrifices it requires. Shot over three years, Becoming Giulia follows her at this pivotal moment of her life between representations, rehearsals and family life fighting to reconcile her professional and personal goals.
AWARDS
Zurich Film Festival (Zurich, 2022) - Audience Award.
Russian premier
Laura Kaehr
Laura Kaehr
was born in 1978 in Locarno, Switzerland. Laura Kaehr trained as a professional ballet dancer at the Centre de Danse Rosella Hightower, Cannes. She holds a Master in Transdisciplinarity in Art from Zurich University of the Arts and an Advanced Certificate in Film and Screenwriting at UCLA Los Angeles. She works as screenwriter, director and film choreographer.
FILMOGRAPHY
Becoming Giulia, 2022.
Switzerland, 2022, colour, 103 min.
Director: Laura Kaehr
Director: Laura Kaehr
Just four months after giving birth, Giulia Tonelli, prima ballerina of the Zurich Opera, is coming back to the stage. An uneasy task not only for her body, but because of the conservative environment she’s in. In a field where it is necessary to live, and to breathe only for art, Giulia is now torn between her role as a mother and her choice of career and the sacrifices it requires. Shot over three years, Becoming Giulia follows her at this pivotal moment of her life between representations, rehearsals and family life fighting to reconcile her professional and personal goals.
AWARDS
Zurich Film Festival (Zurich, 2022) - Audience Award.
Russian premier