SYNOPSIS
A happy and enchanted landscape, a doll snatched away from a little girl and thrown into the fire.
The documentary traces the life of Cristina Bernhard, born in 1939 into a modest family of farmers and cattle breeders. Her fairytale childhood surrounded by mountains and lush meadows is abruptly interrupted by the death of her mother. The arrival of her stepmother will change her life forever. Mistreatment and violence will force her to leave her village at a very young age and to achieve happiness far away from her beloved mountains.
Combining fairy tale and documentary, “Always forgive” is an opportunity to get closer to childhood and unknown existential and emotional territories, the meeting with Cristina and her diary an invitation to discover irony and forgiveness as a cure for one’s suffering.
CREDITS
Title: Immer verzeihen – always forgive
Documentary / biopic / 52 min / 2023
Directed by: Gabriele Borghi e Davide Grotta
DOP: Alexander Fontana, Davide Grotta
Editing: G.Borghi, D.Grotta
Original soundtrack: Epsilon Indi e Sergio De Vito
Original language: German dialect
Subtitles: German, Italian, English
Cast: Cristina Bernhard, Anja Wolfsgruber
Awards: Miglior Lungometraggio Euregio al Bolzano Film Festival 2024
Produced by: Zabbara con il supporto della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano
Request a screening: zabbara.pro@gmail.com