2013
- Documentary
The Perfect Circle
Il cerchio perfetto
Runtime
1h 16m
Countries
- IT
- Italy
- SI
- Slovenia
- GB
- United Kingdom
Languages
- it
Earth to earth, water to water. The body weight of a newborn child is up to 85 percent water, but in adulthood, the ratio can be cut into half. In a way, people dry up as they grow older. In Claudia Tosi’s documentary, people drink water, watch the rain and wait for their death. The Perfect Circle depicts a man and a woman, Ivano and Meris, who spend their final days at a hospice in the hills of Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy. Their illnesses are in the terminal stage and they know that death is only a matter of time. But the ever-nearing end may fleetingly be forgotten, like when they close their eyes and get lost in the music – until the bodies being carried out next door once again remind them of the inevitable. Death also becomes a part of life for the patients’ loved ones, who want to spend the last available moments with the soon to be departed.
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StatusReleased
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Release dateJan. 1, 2013
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Original LanguageItalian
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Production Companies
- Cobos Films B.V.
- Miafilm
- Movimenta
- Petra Pan Film Production