Художник Альберто едет в маленький горный городок к своей бывшей жене, для официальной процедуры развода в местном суде. По дороге начинают происходить невероятные превращения в окружающем его ландшафте. Посреди зимы начинают расцветать деревья. За сутки яркая жизнь, полная красок вспыхивает в их последнем дне супружества. Взаимные упреки и восторги высказаны, открылось то, о чем они много лет не могли сказать друг другу, а главное, дать почувствовать. Полушутливое замечание и претензия, что Альберто нарисовал и описал их жизнь графических романах и продал их изданиям, обернется в финале откровением. Спустя много лет после их расставания, Альберто выпускает роман, где проявляет тайну прочувствованную в тот день. Возможно это тайна многих супругов. Это фильм о восторге соединения людей. Времени, когда можно по настоящему почувствовать друг друга, и это особенно значимо и актуально во времена, когда «времени нет», когда жизнь безумно ускоряется и часто пуста и суетна. Люди рядом, но не вместе. Не слышат и не чувствуют друг друга. И по иронии судьбы в этой истории взаимная проникновенность произошла, когда супруги собрались идти в суд для развода. Разрушительно, не впускать это божественное содействие в свою жизнь. Ты приближаешься, когда уходишь.

Хронометраж 22 мин.

Alberto is a painter who travels to a little town in the mountains to see his ex-wife about their official divorce procedure at the Court. While he’s on his way, the landscape begins to change miraculously: in the middle of winter the trees begin to blossom. In twenty-four hours of their last day as a man and wife — life manifests vividly. Mutual admiration and reproaches have been all expressed by now, and something that for many years they couldn’t have told each other or — even more importantly — let each other feel, is finally exposed. One complaint, made half-jokingly as an observation — that Alberto had drawn and described their life in his graphic novels that he later sold to the publishing houses — will unfold into a revelation at the very end. After many years following their separation Alberto publishes a book, in which he reveals a mystery discovered on that day. Perhaps it’s a many couples’ mystery.

It’s a film about the delight of people coming together. About the time when it’s possible to really feel each other and it’s even more valuable in the times, when ‘there not enough time’, when life speeds up, but is often empty and vain. People are close to each other yet not together. They don’t hear or feel each other. Ironically in this story the mutual understanding is reached when the spouses are about to get a divorce in the Court. It’s devastating not to let this Divine Providence into your life. You are coming closer, when you leave.

Running time: 22’

Lora Guerra about Alexander Brunkovsky’s animation film «Winter in blossom».

«L’inverno fiorito» means «Winter in blossom» in Italian and it’s a wonderful short novel written by Tonino Guerra quite a long time ago. Michelangelo Antonioni wanted to shoot a film based on it with Monica Vitti in the leading part. It’s actually his favourite theme — the separation of a man and a woman, surrounded by this highly unusual winter blossom, the orchards losing their leaves and their petals falling overnight while these two people are about to part. For now this project is drawn in our hearts and also hand-drawn by some very talented animation masters, led by Alexander Brunkovsky. I saw the first imagery — as if they were coming out of the mist. They are wonderful! Yet this mist doesn’t dissolve only to reveal old memories, but to make us dream about the future, too.

That’s why I consider «L’inverno fiorito» one of the most important projects to celebrate the master Tonino Guerra’s 100 Anniversary.