MIRANDA’S MIND
Miranda, a twenty-nine years old melancholic woman, is struggling to find her place in the world: she has a complex personality that portrays the frustrations and the expectations of most millennials who are stuck in a quarter-life crisis. After having her book proposal rejected, Miranda is trying to accept the fact that she might never achieve her purpose. In a self-reflective journey towards adulthood, the film follows the struggles and the fantasies of a young woman that throws herself headlong into her dreams to escape a bitter and severe reality. The short, constructed in a one-day-long narrative, follows Miranda in what seems like a normal day. Thanks to encounters with various characters and multiple daydreams, Miranda will bring the audience with her on a journey to find something that was right in front of her all along: herself. ‘Miranda’s Mind’, a mumblecore genre film, is an enduring short story that celebrates resilience, a contemporary portrait of youth and spirit that feels harmonious but at the same time accustomed to human fragility and desire.
Director: Maddalena Crespi
Italy, 2023
17:25 min
Maddalena Crespi is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in 1989 in Milan she moved to Scotland at a young age to finish high school and continue her university studies in Edinburgh, where in 2011 she graduated with a BA in English Literature. The following year she moved back to Milan where she started working as a writer in local publishing companies and newspapers. In 2013 she began her journey in movie production, working as a writer and producer for documentaries, features and shorts. In 2019, while working, she deepened her knowledge and passion for Nordic cinema with a course in Scandinavian Film Studies at the university of Copenhagen. In 2022 she wrote and directed her first short ‘Miranda’s Mind’.
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