Enzo D’Alò, four generations of women and the mystery of life – cinema
Four generations of women and the related matriarchal culture are at the center of Mary and the Midnight Spirit, an animated film by director Enzo D’Alò, already presented at the Berlinale 2023, a candidate for the European EFA, a winner among others at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, and from 23. November in cinemas with Bima. The story is based on the 2011 novel ‘A Greyhound Of A Girl’ (which is also the international title of the film), written by the Irishman Roddy Doyle, and adapted by D’Alò himself along with screenwriter Dave Ingham. The film, set in Dublin, tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl, Mary, who has a big dream of becoming an important chef. The first one who believes in her and her future in the kitchen more than her mother is her sweet grandmother Emer. But now the beloved old lady is sick and Mary just can’t imagine the idea of losing her. Fortunately, there are foreboding and formative dreams in her life, and the appearance of the spirit of her great-grandmother who will not fail to help grandmother Emer ‘in the passage’ to another dimension also in the sign: “You will see it will be wonderful”. “There are many themes in this film – Enzo D’Alò, who became famous with The Seagull and the Cat (1998), told ANSA – apart from loss, the relationship between children and grandparents is also important, something that is being lost today. The real transmission of tradition takes place between grandparents, generally freer than parents, and grandchildren. Women’s generations are then central in this film, especially since the action takes place in Ireland, a country with strong women who are able to face everything with time.”
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