Immaculate (2021)

Trivia

Monica Stan about Imaculate:
”I was 18 when I ended up in rehab and was struck by how good it felt to be inside. In my usual middle-class environment I was the corrupted one. There among the other junkies I was seen as special. Being an insecure teenager, I was instantly hooked. The image others have of us can seduce us to such an extent that we embrace it as our own identity, until we become painfully aware that it is a dangerous delusion.”
George Chiper-Lillemark about Imaculate:
”Reading Monica’s script I felt attracted by the relationship between the continuous chatter and the painfully concrete longing for closeness, to put it in other terms, words are creating a deceiving veil of intricate power and gender dynamics in contrast with their lingering bodies, at times abandoned in a warm and all accepting togetherness.”
The Jury of Venice:
“Immaculate” is a powerful film with a message delivered with the perfect master in the eye of the camera. “Immaculate” is the voice of two authors who demonstrated an interesting cinematic approach to screening the experience of a young heroin addict, in the process of rehabilitation, the film having some amazing performances of artists. The film focuses on the interaction between patients in a rehab clinic and the institution itself, without emphasizing the perspective of the medical staff. Addressing issues such as relationship poisoning and abuse, “Immaculate” is in our opinion all that should be a cinematic work: a reflection of society, a society in which women are pushed into the claustrophobia of conquest, ”
The Young Jury of Venice:
”Dealing as it does with other issues like toxic relationships and abuse, Imaculat  epitomises, in our view, everything that cinema should be: a mirror held up to society, a society in which women are cornered into the claustrophobia of subjugation. Imaculat is a cri du coeur that urges us to confront one another, feel our shame, anger, and desire to fight for a better world.”