AcompanionpiecetoLesUnwanteddeEuropa(IFFR2018)andCheckpointBerlin(IFFR2020),ImortirimangonoconlaboccaapertaextendsFabrizioFerraro'sprojectofretracingthehistoricalfootstepsofthosefleeingpersecution. Onthislegofthetrans-Europeanpilgrimage,fourresistancefightersmaketheirwayacrossthesnow-cappedMarsicanimountainsincentralItalyin1944.Thecoldisbiting,andontheirprotracted,painfulflightfromtheGermans,thegroupmeetsayoungwomantheysuspectisaspy.Thefilm'stemporalandgeographicalspecificitynotwithstanding,itgiveslittleadditionalinformationaboutthemenortheirmission.Presentednon-linearly,thedramaisconstantlyminimised,scattered.Theemphasisisinsteadonthein-betweenmomentsofwaiting,smoking,glancingoff-screenandmarchingtothefunerealstrainsofthethirdmovementofSymphonyNo.1byGustavMahler,whosemusicwasbannedinNaziGermanyandtowhomthefilmisdedicated. Alternatinglybleakandwarm,Ferraro'sausterefilmunfoldslargelythroughimagesofdarkfigurescuttingacrossadiffuse,wintrylandscape,nowhuddling,nowwalkinginafile.Whetherthesehuntersinthesnowwilleverfindahearth,wewon’tknow,butmade‘inremembranceofthepresent’,thefilmisn'twithoutamessageofhopeforourpoliticallybeleagueredtimes:thatliberationmaybearoundthecorner. 源自:https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/i-morti-rimangono-con-la-bocca-aperta