Rose was a child when her mother died, and the family had an explanation ready for her: suicide. Except the fragments of memory that come to the young woman as she is growing up in the care of her grandmother and despotic uncle in a remote part of Calabria suggest something else. In her desire to understand the past and the family dynamic, Rosa uncovers the laws of the mafia world, in which she had only been a passive element until now.
Rose was a child when her mother died, and the family had an explanation ready for her: suicide. Except the fragments of memory that come to the young woman as she is growing up in the care of her grandmother and despotic uncle in a remote part of Calabria suggest something else. In her desire to understand the past and the family dynamic, Rosa uncovers the laws of the mafia world, in which she had only been a passive element until now. The need for defiance increasingly smoulders within her. Screened at Berlin, this evocative drama with its feminist subtext relies on expressive performances, sombre visuals and genre interplay. Director Francesco Costabile was inspired by the true stories of women who stood up to the ‘Ndrangheta, the most powerful organised crime syndicate in Italy.
Sandra Hezinová
120 min / Color, DCP
Director Francesco Costabile
/ Screenplay Lirio Abbate, Serena Brugnolo, Adriano Chiarelli, Francesco Costabile podle knihy / based on the book by Lirio Abbate
/ Dir. of Photography Giuseppe Maio
/ Music Valerio Camporini Faggioni
/ Sound Valerio Camporini Faggioni
/ Editor Stefano Mariotti
/ Art Director Gianluca Salamone, Erika Aversa
/ Producer Pierpaolo Vergae, Doardo De Angelis, Attilio De Razza, Nicola Picone
/ Production Tramp Ltd
/ Coproduction O' Groove
/ Cast Lina Siciliano, Fabrizio Ferracane
/ Sales Intramovies
Francesco Costabile (1980, Italy). Selected filmography: L’armadio (2004, short), Inside Rome (Dentro Roma, 2006, short), The Dress and the Face. Portrait of Piero Tosi (L’Abito e il Volto, 2009, doc.), Piero Tosi, 1690 – The Beginning of a Century (Piero Tosi, 1690 – L’inizio di un secolo, 2014, doc.), In a Future April /The Young Pasolini/ (In un futuro aprile, 2020, doc.), Una Femmina – The Code of Silence (Una Femmina, 2022).
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