Production
The late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean: Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.
Gianni’s world is turned upside down when a film director contacts him after finding a series of his childhood slides at a flea market and decides to make a film about them. As his past comes to life on the screen, the boundaries between truth, memory and fiction become increasingly blurred.
The Lack refuses to conform to any one artistic genre, drawing from varied sources including video, theater, music, painting and performance. The film explores four variations on the theme of “lack,” featuring six female characters. As these concurrent stories unfold, each woman searches for meaning to fill the inner void in their lives. Set outside of conventional time, these distinct narratives take place within a backdrop of roaring nature with its harsh landscapes, wind, water, skies, rocks and an emptiness that is at once apocalyptic and regenerative.
