Adrift

A quiet, melancholic drift through sunlit Italian towns, carrying the weight of displacement and loneliness with gentle, unhurried restraint.

Directed by

Caleb Burdeau

Genres

Drama

Starring

Moamer Kasumović, Marcello Prayer

Tagline

A displaced Bosnian street photographer, adrift in Italy, finds that some have no place, even at home.

Overview

Italy, 1994. The war in the Balkans drags on with no end in sight. Elvis, a young man from Sarajevo, is taking pictures of tourists with his Polaroid camera to get by. After his camera is stolen, Elvis decides to visit Rodolfo, a stranger met by chance in Venice. Their brief and lonely encounter unfolds in the timeless landscape of whitewashed towns, green hills and olive trees of southern Italy.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, war, identity, loneliness

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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