Cinema Italian Style: Elisa
November 19, 2026
Presented by Cinema Italian Style. After a decade in prison for her sister's murder, Elisa barely remembers the crime. A criminologist helps her uncover buried memories, leading her toward potential redemption.
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Thursday, November 19, 2026
Elisa, thirty-five, has been in prison for ten years, convicted of killing her older sister without apparent motive and burning her body. She claims to remember little to nothing of the crime, as if she had drawn a veil of silence between herself and the past. But when she decides to meet with criminologist Alaoui and take part in his research, in a tense and relentless dialogue memories begin to take shape, and in the pain of fully accepting her guilt, Elisa glimpses, perhaps, the first step toward a possible redemption.
- Director: Leonardo Di Constanzo
- Principal Cast: Barbara Ronchi; Roschdy Zem; Diego Ribon
- Country: Italy
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 105 min.
- Producer: Carlo Cresto-Dina; Manuela Melissano
- Screenplay: Leonardo Di Costanzo; Bruno Oliviero; Valia Santella
- Cinematographers: Luca Bigazzi
- Editors: Carlotta Cristiani
- Music: Giorgio "Aki" Matteo Oliviero
- Awards: Winner of the SIGNIS Award at the Venice International Film Festival
- Language: Italian, with English subtitles
- Has Subtitles: Yes