In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.
Cinematography
Capri itself—sun-drenched, sensual, slightly menacing
Acting
Marianna Fontana's feral, watchful stillness
Costume
Nudity as costume, clothes as performance
Director
Mario Martone
Marianna Fontana
Lucia
Reinout Scholten van Aschat
Seybu
Antonio Folletto
Carlo
Gianluca Di Gennaro
Antonio
Eduardo Scarpetta
Vincenzo
Jenna Thiam
Lilian
Ludovico Girardello
Luca
Lola Klamroth
Nina
Maximilian Dirr
Herbert
Donatella Finocchiaro
Maria
Marco Manchisi
Lucia's Father
Maria Roveran
Commune Member
Ondina Quadri
Commune Member
Jacopo Crovella
Commune Member
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 'Barbarians' colony on Capri, where artists like Romaine Brooks and Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen lived—yes, the actual queer aristocratic cocaine scandal guy.
Mario Martone specifically cast non-professional locals from Capri; Marianna Fontana was discovered herding goats. The tension between her raw authenticity and the commune's performative freedom is entirely intentional.
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