FILM: BRUCO

“It all began with a poem. A multi-voiced poem which I read in public. The poem had always been intended to become a film. I had planned to shoot it back in Montreal, in 1989, after having
edited my short, Pour t’aimer. At the reading, in February 2005, Lazar and Frank Caruso, who came to listen said they would
help me turn the poem into a film. So from February to October, words turned into images and sounds. Not an action movie, it is about creativity and everything that surrounds creativity. Bruco is a totally independent film. Everyone worked for free, for a meal and a glass of wine. The original script was about twenty-five pages which I gradually reworked in order to offer the best I could offer of actors who so generously offered their time and craft and love. Nothing is
improvised. The storyline? A writer wants to become a butterfly. A man wants to change his life. He is at the peak of his career, then something breaks. He meets the Minotaur. Roland Barthes wrote somewhere that if you were to analyze all works of art they would all
contain one hidden meaning: “I love you.” Of course, this is a film also about difference.” — Antonio D’Alfonso

Starring Lazar Rockwood and Jennifer Dale, Bruco is the story of a man who turns into a butterfly. It is also a modern adaption of the Minotaur myth. Bruco is Theseus, and the Minotaur is Bruco.

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CAST:

Jennifer Dale (Anna)
Lazar Rockwood (Bruco)
Srdjau (Serge) Nikolic (Sasha)

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Writer/Director: Antonio D'Alfonso
Producer: Frank Caruso
Director of Photography: Jason Guerriere
Location/Sound/Gaffer: Tony Shillolo
Swing: Jenay Kozma
Makeup/Hair: Ava Stone
Production Assistant: Louis Calabro
Production Assistant: Ennio Borsi
Photographer: Elisabeth Pouyfaucon

Antonio D'Alfonso directing the last scene of the film, where Bruco turns into a butterfly. (Photography by: Elisabeth Pouyfaucon)

Sasha Meets Bruco (Photography by: Elisabeth Pouyfaucon)