The External Gaze

The External Gaze.

Internal and visual notes of an elderly director about to shoot her latest documentary. An intimate monologue suspended between past and present: thoughts, images, moods, primordial landscapes, the gazes of three traveling artists (Vittorio Alinari, Gaston Vuillier, Paolo Ventura) become suggestions and an author’s search for elusive inspiration.

Director.

Peter Marcias (Oristano, 1977) is a director and screenwriter. In 2008, after shooting several shorts, he made his debut with Suspended Hours, followed by The Children of His Life (2011), My Destiny (2012), Our Quarantine (2015). His works, presented in the most prestigious international film festivals, testify to a strong interest in a cinema linked to artistic, social and political themes. Among the documentaries he has directed, his 2010 Liliana Cavani was nominated for the 2011 Silver Ribbon – Nastri d’Argento; About Piera (2013), on the figure of the great actress Piera Degli Esposti, received the special Silver Ribbon – Nastro d’Argento in 2014 and was broadcast with great success on Sky Arte; Nilde Iotti, Women’s Turn (2020) was screened as a world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori of the 77th Venice Film Festival.