Antonio Marras, the debut in the cinema with the short film Motel Jacaranda

The Mexico cinema of Milan has hosted the first cinema in the past few hours Motel Jacaranda, the short film of Antonio Marras, A dream, for the stylist, finally became reality. “I always say it: I would have liked to be a director. With this short film I make a dream that I have always brought inside – that of telling stories by intertwining images, sounds and clothes as if they were the words of an emotional script, “said the designer.

The film was presented in the presence of the cast and the crew, with an introduction of Gianni CanovaRector of the IULM University and cinema historian, flanked by the curator and theoretical of art Francesca Alfano Miglietti.

Antonio Marras, Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Gianni Canova.

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Motel Jacaranda, which tells so much of the creative and multifaceted universe of Antonio Marras, where Fashion, painting, dance, word and cinema They merge with each other, it is a lyrical tribute to a love never forgotten, but it is also a reflection on memory, on the fragility of the moments and the evocative power of visual language. It is the love story of Anna Maria Pierangeli, nicknamed Pier Angeli, and James Dean, aka Jimmy. A love as profound and visceral as it is imbued with torment Where passion mixes with inevitable pain, creating an intertwining of desire and suffering. A love that continues unchanged throughout life, even when their roads are forced to divide. Their intense and secret relationship is eaten away from the spotlight, in a motel chosen by her: the Jacarandatribute to the love tree of his land, Sardinia.

Antonio Marras debut in the cinema with the short film Motel Jacaranda

Obviously, there is no lack of the stylistic side. The clothes worn by the actors are the protagonists and are part of the SS 2025 collection. Born from the same feeling that inspired the film, the collection is inspired by Anna Maria Pierangeli and her double identity – fragile diva in the spotlight of Hollywood and woman deeply rooted in her homeland, Sardinia. An emotional journey that oscillates between the nostalgia of a beloved land and the enchanted dream of golden America.

Antonio Marras debut in the cinema with the short film Motel Jacaranda

“Cinema is not a sterile mirror, but a living body,” he says Gianni Canova. «Cinema is the” as “, not the” thing “. And in all its forms and visions it is the one that interests and weaves Antonio Marras »notes Francesca Alfano Miglietti.

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