Poetic Journey: The Mouth Of The Wolf
Fri, Oct 16
|Epsilon Spires Virtual Cinema
Pietro Marcello’s hauntingly beautiful debut interweaves two love stories: A man newly released from prison makes his way through the city to be reunited with his soulmate, and a poetic reverie of the Italian port town, depicted in all its mysterious, fading glory.


Time & Location
Oct 16, 2020, 12:00 AM – Oct 31, 2020, 12:00 AM
Epsilon Spires Virtual Cinema
About the event
Virtual Cinema Tickets are $10, for 72 hours of access.
WATCH: https://grasshopperfilm.vhx.tv/checkout/epsilon-spires-presents-the-mouth-of-the-wolf/purchase
The Mouth Of The Wolf (La Bocca Del Lupo). Directed by Pietro Marcello (2009).
The common Italian good-luck salute, 'In bocca del lupo' ('The mouth of the wolf') also refers to the poor, red-light neighborhood in Genoa as well as prison windows whose bars block escape. Director Pietro Marcello employs all of these meanings in this film which evokes the novels of Jean Genet. A man newly released from prison makes his way through the city to be with his true love, a trans woman working as a prostitute until they can be together. Voiceover from audio tapes she sent to him during his prison sentence are the guiding voice of his journey. As the film shifts from poetic construction to a stripped-down verité style, the reunion of these two outcasts becomes one the most raw and absolutely…