“Also the heart is a muscle” by Antonio Vasaturo
After beating cancer a boy realizes he can no longer lie to himself and faces the identity crisis of living in the struggle of "who am I?"
Mysteriously seduced by the muscular bodies of bodybuilders, a boy begins to feel a dark attraction by watching his two naked friends that leads him towards the exploration of his physique and his sexuality.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“‘I wanted to depict the true story of a friend who nearly disappeared forever without telling himself the truth. I tried to highlight as much as possible the identity crisis and the conflicting feelings of attraction and fear, rejection and desire that constantly gripped him.
A path that after the illness begins with the desire to recompose and rebuild through bodybuilding; he begins by starting to love his body strongly but which will later prove to be decisive in the discovery of the attraction of other bodies.”
-Antonio Vasatura
CREDITS
Written/Directed // Antonio Vasaturo
Mixing Audio // Giuseppe Vasaturo
Score // Wasa, Sergo Tuberidze
Casting // Daniele Guerra
Subtitles // Roberta Chianese
Editing // Carmelo Orofino
Costumes // Carmine Apicella
Cast
Raffaele Palmitano
Claudia Baiano
Simone Amoroso
Raffaele Di Maso
Angelo Quattromani
Thanks to // Pasquale Di Maso, Club Venus.
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