Intramovies has picked up interational gross sales rights for Italian drama “Mosquitos” (“Le Bambine”). Directed by Valentina and Nicole Bertani, it would premiere at Locarno Film Pageant’s official competitors. 

Valentina Bertani’s already behind well-received doc “The Crown Shyness,” proven in Venice and nominated for David di Donatello. Nicole Bertani is making her function debut. 

Impressed by their very own childhood, the “deeply private story” – now in post-production – is ready on the finish of the Nineties. Eight-year-old Linda drifts from her rich grandmother’s Swiss villa together with her carefree mom, Eva. In Italy, they meet sisters Azzurra and Marta. 

“We crafted a powerful visible id with an ever-roaming digital camera and plush, ‘90s-inspired saturated colours, drawing the viewers into a movie the place stressed, unpredictable shifts in perspective refuse to allow them to slip into passive watching,” the administrators mentioned in a shared assertion of the Locarno Worldwide Competitors participant. 

Of their movie, “an opportunity summer time encounter binds the three ladies in a gang to guard one another, their youth, and freedom.” Round them swirl “egocentric mother and father chasing fragile desires, gossiping neighbors, and a queer babysitter looking for belonging in a homophobic world.”

Produced by Daniele Esposito for Emma Film, the movie was made in collaboration with Rai Cinema, Adler Leisure and 360 Levels Film, and co-produced by Michela Pini and Olga Lamontanara for Cinédokké, Philippe Gompel and Birgit Kemner for Manny Movies, Marco Colombo for Adler Leisure, Nicola Rosada for 360 Levels Film and Guillaume Marien for Mathematic.

Adler Leisure can be additionally distributing the movie theatrically in Italy.

“As I had the script of ‘Mosquitoes’ in my arms, I instantly believed within the energy of this story. To see it materialize and grow to be common is for me the best satisfaction,” mentioned Esposito.

Written by the administrators and scriptwriter Maria Sole Limodio, “Mosquitos” is lensed by Marco Bassano and Luca Costantini. Marcello Saurino is dealing with enhancing, whereas the rating comes from Lorenzo Confetta. Riccardo Studer is the sound designer. 

Geremia Biagiotti, Intramovies’ gross sales, advertising and marketing & acquisitions supervisor, added: “From the second we watched ‘The Crown Shyness,’ we knew we have been witnessing the arrival of a rare new director with a strong and deeply private imaginative and prescient. One thing not solely recent, however genuinely modern in its visible storytelling.” 

In line with Biagotti, the movie “boldly blends a number of genres into a very authentic cinematic expertise.” 

“Comedy and drama intertwine with coming-of-age themes, popular culture, retromania, feminism, inclusivity, LGBTQ+ tales, and touches of the grotesque and incredible – creating a movie that feels in contrast to something we’ve seen earlier than.”

The Locarno Film Pageant will kick off on Aug. 6, 2025.