THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK-AND-WHITE FILMS

She is Nelly Chervenusheva. The cineastes know only her voice. For almost half a century Nelly interprets the great Italian cinema from the back of the hall at Odeon filmarchive cinema. The cabin is 1.30m at 1.50m. This tiny space has accommodated “the whole of her Italy”, while Nelly has never actually been in Italy.
The film shows Nelly’s tragically belated meeting with Italy – when she’s 78 years old, visiting the places she has only seen on film. She’s finally with “her princes” Ettore Scolla and Mario Monicelli. With a tender and merciless sentimentality the film reveals this belated dream come true.