Antonia

Antonia Pozzi was born in 1912, the daughter of a Milanese lawyer, and began writing poetry at the age of sixteen. The film describes her family environment, her infatuation with one of her teachers at school, and her ties with young Milanese radicals during the fascist years. Using authentic photographs and excerpts from her poems, debut director Ferdinando C. Filomarino subtly and skilfully captures Pozzi's physical and psychological experience of growing into a young woman who rebels against convention as she endeavours to live life to the full. At the beginning of December 1938 Antonia's inner turmoil culminated in her suicide at a mere 26 years of age. Until that point none of her poems had been published, yet, today, Antonia Pozzi is regarded as Italy's greatest modern female poet; a documentary entitled The Sky in Me was created to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)