milk and cookies
(Latte e Biscotti)
by Sabrina La Macchia
short film | drama
Ester's life changes on a Saturday night
Synopsis
After an episode of sexual violence, Ester finds the courage to tell her story by writing a play based on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
milk and cookies
(Latte e Biscotti)
by Sabrina La Macchia
short film | drama
Ester's life changes on a Saturday night
Synopsis
After an episode of sexual violence, Ester finds the courage to tell her story by writing a play based on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
Milk and Cookies
( Latte e Biscotti )
Italy, 2024 / 22′
a film by
Sabrina La Macchia
with
Giulia Sangiorgi
Federico Bizzarri
Francesco Venerando
Directed by | Sabrina La Macchia |
Written by | Francesco Botticelli Sabrina La Macchia |
Director of Photography | Alberto Della Porta |
Production Design | Claudia de Palma Lucia Bordona Alonso |
Costume Design | Virginia Ielo |
Editing | Alberto Della Porta |
Composer | Matilde Fioravanti |
Sound | Federico Landini |
Producer | Barbara Bello |
Production | Akant Film Production |
Distribution | Alpha Film |
The Director
Sabrina La Macchia
Biofilmography
Sabrina La Macchia nasce a Messina nel 2001. Si trasferisce a Roma nel 2020 per frequentare la RUFA (Rome University of Fine Arts) in cui si diploma nel 2024. Durante il suo percorso di studi, realizza Lovely (2020), Ladro di Fiori (2021) e Latte e Biscotti (2024), tre cortometraggi che hanno come filo conduttore le tematiche legate alla disillusione tipica del passaggio di età tra l’adolescenza, idilliaca e romantica, e l’età adulta, tramite un linguaggio delicato, elegante e femminile.
Director statement
“Milk and Cookies” is a reinterpretation of the tale “Little Red Riding Hood”, used as a metaphor for a rape episode. The reality and the fairytale mix together across the story, converging in the end in a single line that shows the overcoming of a trauma using art. A gothic fairytale with bittersweet tones. The short film was born from the need to tell a story, experienced firsthand, which is still all too common and normalized these days. Especially recently, through phrases that have entered the public domain, such as “if you avoid getting drunk, you avoid the wolf”, we need to realize that the tendency to blame the victim of violence, rape, aggression or harassment is a reality that must necessarily be overturned. Movies and shorts like this one are a small starting point, and it is my intimate and very personal way of helping all women who have experienced, and experience similar situations every day, find even just comfort in seeing themselves in a fairy tale common to all, children and grown ups. I want to remind all the victims that no matter how bad the Wolf may be, Little Red Riding Hood will sooner or later manage to get out of his belly and shine bright again.