A man dances through his own memories — literally.
Filippo returns to the Ticino dance school where the desire to dance was awakened in him as a child. He traces his relationship with dance, from childhood to adulthood.
Direction
Demarchi turns personal archaeology into visual poetry.
Cinematography
Movement and landscape merge in Ticino's golden light.
Director
Filippo Demarchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ticino's Italian-speaking dance tradition exists in tension with Swiss-German cultural dominance, making Filippo's return a quietly political reclamation.
Demarchi belongs to a wave of Swiss-Italian filmmakers using hybrid documentary to explore regional identity without explanatory voiceover.
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