A SONG THAT SLAYS
95 minutes
Italy | USA | Kenya
fiction drama
in development
Chesang asks the yomöt — the god of the wind — for help escaping marriage arranged to an old man. It sends her to find a secret flower that is full of poison, for her to use however she chooses. A Song That Slays is a tragedy based on the legend of a young girl who uses the mystery of nature to overcome the violence of man.
Selected for and Supported by —
La Faena Cali Film Residency (2024)
Berlinale Talents Script Station (2022)
Locarno Allliance 4 Development Forum (2022)
When East Meets West CoProduction Forum (2022)
LIM - Less Is More Film Development Workshop (2021)
Thessaloniki Agora Film Meetings (2021)
Novos Cinemas #Lab (2020)
Directed by Mo Scarpelli
Screenplay by Mo Scarpelli, Lilian Noeli Koskei
Produced by Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti - dispàrte
CoProduced by Rake Films, D.D. Wigley