Flesh, Wax & Glass
16mm transferred to digital, 70 mins, in post production‘Love is repletion and the abyss and the fullnessof the sea’
— Marguerite PoreteIn Calabria, southern Italy, a man named Saturno is filmed performing a bloody Easter ritual for the 33rd time. One week later he suddenly dies. Flesh, Wax & Glass pays witness to his family's process of mourning, his wife's crisis of faith, and the awkward magic of becoming entangled in the lives of others.
Shot on 16mm over three Holy Weeks, this is psychedelic ethnography that grapples with love, doubt and collective devotion in the 21st century.
Starring: Silvana Maione, Saturno Maoine, Francesco Maione
Cinematogrpahper: Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Edit: Chiara Armentano
Score: Coby Sey
Sound Design: Tom Fisher / Action Pyramid
Sound Recordist & recording: Daniel Rajmon
Assistant Camera & Creative Consultant: Alasdair Asmussen Doyle
Musical Arrangement & recording: John Henry Baker
Producers: Alex Misick, George Finlay Ramsay, Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Executive Producer:Martin Mazanec
Fixer: Antonio Macchione
Exhibition Design: Molly Mae Whawhell
Funded by: Creative Scotland,
Commissioning: PAF Olomouc
Gallery: David Dale Gallery