(Adnkronos / Cinematografo.it) – “When will we be able to find ourselves in the other’s gaze?”. Luca Guadagnino returns to Venice two years after ‘Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams’ and does so by finding the Competition four years after ‘Suspiria’. This time he “translates” Camille De Angelis’ novel, ‘Bones and All’, adapted for the screen by David Kajganich, former collaborator of the director in both ‘Suspiria’ and ‘A Bigger Splash’. The film tells the story of the first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a girl who is learning to survive on the fringes of society, and Lee (Timothée Chalamet), a loner with a combative soul; it is the on the road journey of two young people who, in a continuous search for identity and beauty, try to find their place in a world full of dangers and who cannot tolerate their nature. Cannibal nature. “The film is for me a reflection on who you are, and on how you can overcome what you feel, especially if it is something that you cannot control in yourself”, says Guadagnino, who adds: ” There is something about those who live on the fringes of society that attracts and excites me. I love these characters. The heart of the film beats tenderly and affectionately towards them. I am interested in their emotional journeys. I want to see where the possibilities open up for them, trapped as they are in the impossibility they face. ”Produced by Frenesy Film Company and Per Capita Productions with The Apartment Pictures – a Fremantle group company, Memo Films, 3 Marys Entertainment, Elafilm and Tenderstories. In co-production with Vision Distribution in association with SKY, Bones and All also stars Mark Rylance, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland, David Gordon-Green, Jessica Harper and Jake Horowitz. “We shot the film during the pandemic. and this has helped us to understand even more what it feels like to isolate oneself deeply, without a true identity. All of us in that period experienced a profound social isolation, while contact with others is essential to understand who we are. In the film these two people through the mirror of love find the possibility to evolve, to grow. It was a formative experience, which helped us to understand “, says Timothée Chalamet (once again directed by Guadagnino after Call me by your name, and this time he also appears among the producers), expected here at the Lido since the early hours of the morning. from numerous fans. To find people similar to us, to share an experience: “I’m still looking for some special person in my life”, confides Taylor Russell, who adds: “But this is the beauty of continuing to move on Earth, finding more and more people with whom you feel you have a deep connection “. Regarding his” first time “in America, Guadagnino explains:” The landscape and the imagery of American cinema have accompanied me since I was little and I believe I have always tried to postpone the time to represent it. We are talking about a vastness that deserved the perspective of a more mature person. Then the opportunity arose when David made me read the script: for me it was immediately inevitable to see in these characters something that deeply attracted me. “And on the human and professional path, the director concludes:” If I knew who I am I would be also bored with myself. My cinematographic ambition is to have control over the implementation of what I do and the absolute freedom to let myself go together with all the people I do this work with, which remains a beautiful collective work “.