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Loredana Bianconi_La Vie Autrement (Life Differently), 2005
Loredana Bianconi, Italy/Belgium
After graduating in humanities at Bologna University in 1979, Loredana Bianconi worked as a film critic, as well as in the organisation of film events and several international video festivals. Further to this she worked for RAI 3 (Italy’s state broadcaster) and became involved in scriptwriting for radio and television shows in New York. In the early 1980's she started producing her own films, in particular documentaries and videos.
La Vie Autrement (Life Differently), 2005
video, 49 min.
“Is it possible, coming from a family of North African immigrants, being a daughter or a wife, to invent one's life, to choose to abandon the universe of tradition, to break with one's family, without necessarily forsaking your roots or relatives? Four portraits of women give an account of a generation who are living their lives through their own choices. Their mothers were illiterate, but dreamed of a university education for their daughters. They invested their hopes in their children, but also their desires for what they lacked, and their solitudes. Through the exercise of creation, Amina, Farida, Hayat and Madiha have found their path to freedom. Whether it be through writing, painting, music or theatre, each of these women offers an honourable and thoroughly convincing account of a journey, situated in the narrow spaces separating two worlds, two languages, two cultures. It is a journey allowing them to evolve true to themselves; the question is having faith in what you will become.”
Loredana Bianconi_La Vie Autrement (Life Differently), 2005
Loredana Bianconi, Italy/Belgium
After graduating in humanities at Bologna University in 1979, Loredana Bianconi worked as a film critic, as well as in the organisation of film events and several international video festivals. Further to this she worked for RAI 3 (Italy’s state broadcaster) and became involved in scriptwriting for radio and television shows in New York. In the early 1980's she started producing her own films, in particular documentaries and videos.
La Vie Autrement (Life Differently), 2005
video, 49 min.
“Is it possible, coming from a family of North African immigrants, being a daughter or a wife, to invent one's life, to choose to abandon the universe of tradition, to break with one's family, without necessarily forsaking your roots or relatives? Four portraits of women give an account of a generation who are living their lives through their own choices. Their mothers were illiterate, but dreamed of a university education for their daughters. They invested their hopes in their children, but also their desires for what they lacked, and their solitudes. Through the exercise of creation, Amina, Farida, Hayat and Madiha have found their path to freedom. Whether it be through writing, painting, music or theatre, each of these women offers an honourable and thoroughly convincing account of a journey, situated in the narrow spaces separating two worlds, two languages, two cultures. It is a journey allowing them to evolve true to themselves; the question is having faith in what you will become.”