Lezioni d'Abisso by Tommaso Ottomano

Casa is pleased to present Lezioni d’Abisso, a short film directed by Tommaso Ottomano exploring the Freudian concept of the uncanny as a space of attraction and mystery, where what frightens us becomes unexpectedly familiar.

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The film, which brings the Ettore Molinario Collection to life, transforms Casa Museo Molinario Colombari into a fluid organism imbued with soul, memory, and desire. No longer just a physical space, the house becomes a metaphor for the unconscious: a sprawling time capsule that preserves inner chaos, dreams, nightmares and the most hidden impulses.

Structured in three acts – The Morning Ritual, Hunger, and Bubbles - the film embraces s visual language that evokes great masters of cinema and photography. From Carlo Mollino and Pier Paolo Pasolini to David Lynch, Lezioni d’Abisso blends visions, tension, and desire in a direct dialogue between the artwork and the collector-performer, free from hierarchy.

Casa itself serves as the narrator, guiding the viewer with an ancient, hoarse voice – cold, yet strangely welcoming. It unfolds as a space of deep memory, leaving the audience suspended in an atmosphere that drifts between the wonder of a dream and the nostalgia for something that may not be real – or perhaps has always been part of us.

Director: Tommaso Ottomano
Art Direction: Beatrice Papa
Production: Kitten Production
Music: CamSugar
Director of Photography: Marco De Pasquale
Costume Design: Sara Costantini
Set Design: Michela Croci
Makeup Artist: Vanessa Icareg
Hair Stylist: Sergio Sorbello
Casting Director: GIGI

Photo credits: Casa Museo Molinario Colombari, from the short film Lezioni d’Abisso by Tommaso Ottomano

Lezioni d'Abisso by Tommaso Ottomano

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