#405Shorts Presents Emanuele Mengotti's 'The writer' (2015)

Emanuele Mengotti is a man of many cinematic talents: actor, writer, director, producer. The 405 will be taking a look at his latest feature project The Plague Doctor soon in our interview with him. Born in Venice in 1986, Mengotti has a very interesting perspective on the history of places like Poveglia and the history of the “Medico della Peste”, “Plague”, or “Beak Doctor” mask and, indeed, the “memento mori” more largely. A good introduction to the surrealism and gothic qualit...