Friday, October 16, 2015
'Arianna' (2015) directed by Carlo Lavagna [London Film Festival 2015]
"It was in the woods near Halicarnassus that Hermaphroditus fatefully
encountered the nymph Salmacis. Resting in her pool, she was overcome
with lust for the beautiful boy and tried unsuccessfully to seduce him.
Later, Hermaphroditus, finding himself alone, decided to take a bath.
Spotting her chance, Salmacis dove in with him, wrapping herself around
the struggling boy. In ecstasy she yelled “Gods! May we never part!”
Gods were paying attention, fusing male and female bodies into one form.
It’s in this pool that we meet the nineteen year old Arianna (Ondina
Quatri). Worried that she hasn’t menstruated or developed breasts, she’s
been on hormone therapy, resulting in small breasts growing but with
few other signs of puberty. Worryingly, she also hasn’t felt any sexual
pleasure – both masturbation and experiments with boys leaving her
unfulfilled. Plus, there’s that mysterious scar above her genitals that
her parents assure her is from a childhood hernia operation.
You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out where this one is going."
★★★
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