Father Murphy's Spirit Reawakened in Carlo Mollino's Esoteric Turin Home

Key facts

• Directors Davide Maldi and Micol Roubini premiered the short film '171219 May Them White Rise With You' at the 39th Torino Film Festival.
• The film documents a ritual reviving the spirit of the band Father Murphy at Museo Casa Mollino in Turin.
• Father Murphy ended their project on December 17, 2019, after nearly twenty years.
• Surviving members Freddie Murphy and Chiara Lee collaborated with guitarist Roberto Maria Clemente (Larsen) to find the venue.
• Casa Mollino was designed by architect Carlo Mollino as a portal to the afterlife.
• The ritual included guttural prayers, repetitive actions, and archaic instruments.
• The footage was screened on December 3, 2022, in Mollino's secret apartment.
• The band met curator Fulvio Ferrari at a Creative Mornings Torino event about death.
• Ferrari read Mollino's observations from a séance with a medium.
• The band's name derives from a story by William Seward Burroughs.