Taranto Vecchia is an island in southern Italy where global and personal structures converge as if under a magnifying glass.
Taranto Vecchia is an island in southern Italy where global and personal structures converge as if under a magnifying glass. In Madonnas, we discover this world through the eyes of 13-year-old Marta. She is growing up between her serious, pious mother and her deeply spiritual grandparents. When her free-spirited aunt comes to visit, new dimensions open up for the young girl. Her innocent gaze forces us to recognize the cruelty of the injustices to which we have become so easily accustomed.
« I came to Taranto to shoot a coming-of-age film. Beyond the intimacy of the island and the scandal surrounding the steelworks, I was particularly moved by the inhabitants: Deborah’s (the aunt) love for the pop singer Madonna formed the perfect antithesis in this deeply Catholic place. Rosalia’s (the grandmother) spirituality completed the triptych: the Christian mother, the freedom-loving aunt, and the spiritual elder—and in the middle, a young girl in the midst of a metamorphosis. »
Pola Mika Lara Kapuste
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