THE VICE OF HOPE (2019, original title: IL VIZIO DELLA SPERANZA)

Original title: IL VIZIO DELLA SPERANZA
Directed by: Edoardo De Angelis
Runtime: 100 min.
Cast: Pina Turco, Massimiliano Rossi, Marina Confalone, Cristina Donadio, Marcello Romolo
Production: Tramp Limited, O’ Groove, Medusa Film
World sales: True Colors
Synopsis: “If I have to die, I want to die my way” Maria’s time flows along with the river. She walks firmly, her hood up. A hand-to-mouth life, without dreams nor desires, spent taking care of her mother and at the service of a merciless, bejeweled old lady. With her brave-eyed pitbull, Maria ferries pregnant women across the river, leading them to an infernal fate. But hope will pay her a visit, in its most ancestral and powerful form, as miraculous as life itself, teaching Maria that staying human is the greatest of all revolutions.