Alice is 22, and a gynecologist appointment is looming over her like a job interview where you know you oversold your CV. So begins her tragicomic descent toward one of the most stressful examination tables in the history of womankind: a string of monologues and a tongue-in-cheek rundown of contraceptive methods, judged by her sister and a carton of fruit juice.
With a wry, self-deprecating eye, La visita ginecologica portrays a day in the life of a reluctant adult, touching lightly on sexuality, social pressure, sisterhood, and the fear of the speculum, proving that a little humor can work wonders.
Margherita Pezzella is a screenwriter and director. In 2025, she won the "La realtà che non esiste" competition with her short "(Im)perfetta" (produced by Rai Cinema and One More Pictures), which premiered at the 82nd Venice Film Festival and received a Special Mention for social impact at the 2026 Nastri d'Argento. In 2024, she graduated in film acting from Accademia09, Milan, then moved to Rome to study screenwriting at the Accademia del Cinema Renoir.
From 2022 to 2024 she directed three shorts with national and international recognition, one selected by AIDO for school screenings. Her next short as writer-director, "Zucchero", is in production in June 2026.
We treat the female body as a topic for the doctor's office — clinical, private, spoken about only when something needs fixing. La visita ginecologica puts it on screen with humor instead, because comedy is how a taboo starts to loosen its grip.
of teenagers (14–18) in Italy have ever been to a family clinic.*
of those who wanted to go but never did point to shame as the biggest thing holding them back.*
to design a less invasive speculum — a tool left unchanged since 1845.
We only talk about the female body when something goes wrong — a problem, a diagnosis, a pregnancy.
These aren't just teenage worries. They follow women through every stage of life.
Even in 2025, countless girls learn more about their own bodies from TikTok than from anyone at home.
Putting all of this into words means normalising it, laughing at it, taking the drama out of it — while admitting how much still has to change: in language, in medicine, and in the way we tell the story of the female body.
We're developing this film alongside organisations that work every day on women's health, rights and education.
La visita ginecologica is fully written and in active financing. We're looking for partners who want this conversation to reach a real audience.
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