Enthusiasm, emotion and lots of positive energy. This can be seen in the eyes of Rita Abela, an actress from Syracuse, present in the cast of “Flaminia”, the first film directed by the actress and stand-up comedian Michela Giraud which will be released in theaters on April 11th.
The plot revolves around Flaminia De Angelis, a young woman who lives in the small glossy world of Northern Rome. Her life is completely revolutionized when Ludovica (Rita Abela), her autistic half-sister, returns home. Ludovica overwhelms Flaminia’s world and will then force her to look at her life in a more honest and profound way. The director was inspired by her sister Cristina, who is also on the autistic spectrum. In the cast Michela Giraud plays Flaminia whose parents are Antonello Fassari and Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, her boyfriend is Alberto (Edoardo Purgatori) and the film is also dedicated to Andrea Purgatori, who plays the role of the actor’s father. Other performers are Daniele Tinti, Fabrizio Colica, Saverio Raimondo and Nina Soldano.
RITA ABELA BIOGRAPHY
As a child, the theater was the only place where she felt fully at ease, which is why she decided very early on what she would do when she grew up. In addition to having worked for several years as an actress and singer within the Classical Performances at the Greek Theater of Syracuse, she has deepened her national theatrical experience directed by directors such as Fabio Grossi and Walter Pagliaro, with whom she had the opportunity to act alongside actors of the caliber of Leo Gullotta, Betti Pedrazzi and Micaela Esdra, taking several shows on tour around Italy. She is currently involved in the show “Si illumina la notte”, a project on Franco Scaldati, directed by Livia Gionfrida and produced by the Teatro Metastasio in Prato.
In front of the camera she was directed by Pupi Avati in the TV film “Le nozze di Laura” (2015) and in “Dante” (2022); by Davide Marengo for the Rai2 TV series “Il Cacciatore” (second and third seasons 2020 and 2021); by Giovanni La Parola in the Bourbon western “Il mio corpo vi bury” (winner of the Ortigia Film Festival 2021), in which she plays Ciccilla, one of the four Brigantesses protagonists of the story. She is also present in “Finamente l’alba” by Saverio Costanzo and in “Giudice T” by Pasquale Scimeca. With the short film “Big” by Daniele Pini (2021, on demand on Raiplay, winner of Alice nella città, Rome Film Festival), in which she plays the protagonist Matilde, she won the awards for best actress in 2022 for Cortinametraggio, Dieciminuti Film Festival, Officine Social Movie, Bardolino Film Festival, Civitanova Film Festival, Apulia Film Fest, Invent a Film Lenola, Ceprano Film Festival, Magma Festival, Fabriano Film Festival, Via dei Corti
In “Flaminia” by Michela Giraud, she plays the role of Ludovica, sister of the protagonist. Produced by Eagle and distributed by Vision, the film will be released in theaters in the spring.
