ITALY: actors (m) 17-25, identical twins, English or Italian spkrs, for NABA short film [P]

il progetto

For an independent short film of students of NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, aimed at distribution at film festivals.

Title: 120 SECONDS
Production type: Indie Short film
Genre: Drama
Script: Jerry Agbebaku, Clotilde Viale Marchino
Direction: Jerry Agbebaku
Creative Production: Clotilde Viale Marchino

Logline: Enea (22), model and identical twin of Aurelio, after passing a weird casting for a fashion film, the next day he faces with his twin, unconventional requests from the director Nathan (32) which brings the difficult relationship of the twins to a point of extreme crisis, until a final reunion.

The short wants to explore the need to express one’s uniqueness in a society that considers twins as an entity in itself, surrounded by a veil of ambiguity, given their singular nature. Regardless of the protagonist’s need for detachment, the nature of the relationship will demonstrate how, it’s inevitable to break the bond.

About the project: The project was born from Jerry’s individual experience, who therefore having a homozygous twin brother and working in the fashion world, so he knows the environment, which is competitive in itself, and knows what it means to share a face in this context.

The aim of the project is therefore to highlight the ambivalent and magnetic nature of the relationship between twins, taking up Jerry’s experience.

Shooting period: October 2023

Paid work.