Silvia De Santis
Birthday: 1977-10-14 Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Synopsis
Acting
Imago Mortis
They say that in 1600s, long before the invention of photography, a scientist named Fumagalli, was obsessed with the idea of reproducing images. He discovered that by killing a victim and removing his eyeballs it was possible to reproduce on paper the last image imprinted on the person's retina. He named such tecnique "Thanatography". Today, the same kind of gruesome ritual and abominable crimes r
Retrograde
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring
Love's Brother
Set in rural Australia and Tuscany in the 1950's, this is the story of two brothers and the bride who - as fate would have it - arrives from Italy betrothed to one yet falls madly in love with the other.
I Am David
Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass to help get him there.
In Love and War
After being released from an Italian prison, British officer Eric Newby (Blue) must find his way out of Italy before the Germans come. However, he is injured on the way and is left behind from his fellow soldiers. He is helped out by the local Italians, and he meets Wanda (Bobulova), a beautiful local girl who helps him learn Italian so he can escape. Slowly, their small friendship turns into a romance, but with the Germans looking for Eric, they are kept apart, not knowing what will happen.
The Blue Bicycle
In 1939 France, Léa, the daughter of a rich wine grower in Bordeaux, sees her adored childhood sweetheart married to his namby-pamby cousin. Léa has lovers but never stops carrying the torch for Laurent. Be it while tending pregnant Camille during Laurent's service at the front, holding down the family estate of Montillac where Germans are billeted, or cycling through occupied checkpoints with messages for the Résistance movement...
