“We grew up in the country, without much access to film. The fact that ...” — Alice Rohrwacher Quote

“We grew up in the country, without much access to film. The fact that we didn't have any real relationship to movies made us desire that world even more.”

“Personally, I am from the 20th century, and I feel a sort of duty being between these two worlds, the 20th and the 21st century, a duty to be a witness to the world that's gone by and to talk about the ties between the two.”

“I'm more interested in destiny than psychology.”

“Nature is a dream state at this point, that we almost don't have a real relationship to it unless it's people living off the land and killing our own food and going for it.”

“People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.”

“I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.”