The World (Without Me)
Saturday, February 3 @ 12.30PM
By Benedetta Cutolo
What would you do if one of your deceased relatives announces you, in a dream, that 2017 would be the last year of your life? What if, at the beginning of that same year, you are diagnosed with a chronic disease? Obliged to face the hypothetical fulfillment of her dream, filmmaker Benedetta Cutolo decided to confront one of the strongest taboo of the Western society: our fear of mortality. Inspired to find answers, she embarks on a journey where she finally finds an entire world ready to talk about death (well, more or less..).
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor: Benedetta Cutolo
Addition Support: Zaira Garcia Romero
Composer: Jennifer Rowekamp
Special Thanks to: Zaira Garcia Romero, Virgilio Cutolo, Isabella Palombini, Anna Iacovino, Francesco Garruba, Marina Sozzi, Beth Wallace, Caroline Dent
About the director:
Italian filmmaker Benedetta Cutolo has travelled and worked in many places around the world including France, Italy and the US. After a three years experience in a production company in Paris, she moved to New York to take the camera and tell her own stories. “The World (without me)” is her first documentary as a director.
Contact the Director: b.cutolo@gmail.com / bc2337@nyu.edu