ASSANDIRA (2020)

Original title: ASSANDIRA
Directed by: Salvatore Mereu
Runtime: 128 min.
Cast: Gavino Ledda, Anna König, Marco Zucca, Corrado Giannetti, Samuele Mei
Production: Viacolvento, Rai Cinema
World sales: The Match Factory
Synopsis: Soaked to the skin, Costantino sinks into the haystack like old timber left on the shore by a stormy sea. Torrential rain has just put out the fire that in a single night ravaged Assandira, a farmstay deep in the woods of Sardinia. But the rain hasn’t quenched the pain, the endless remorse for the son lost to the flames, the son he was unable to save. The first to arrive are the carabinieri and the young investigating magistrate: Costantino tries to tell them what happened the previous night, to explain how it all began…