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ITALY, Poland | 100 minutes | 2019
Ermanno lives a simple, uneventful life in Italy. When Lena, a seven-months-pregnant Polish teenager, shows up to sell her baby, the young man has to pretend to be the father so that his aunt and uncle can adopt the child. But when Lena gives birth prematurely, she’s forced to breastfeed her daughter despite her reluctance to look after her. Meanwhile, Ermanno becomes attached to the baby. Showing the affection for ordinary people thrown into extraordinary situations that permeates his short films, the young Italian filmmaker delivers a poignant meditation on parenthood in this intimate first feature about a young man’s coming of age."... a moving, quietly absorbing character study." The Hollywood Reporter" This is an impressive showcase of new talent, both in front of and, in director Carlo Sironi, behind the camera." Screendaily
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F i l M o G r a P H YC A R LO S I R O N I2019 sole (Feature)International Venice Film Festival - OrizzontiToronto International Film Festival - Discovery2016 ValParaiso (short)Locarno Film Festival - he Film und Video Undertitlung Award2012 il Filo Di arianna (Documentary short)2012 CarGo (short)International Venice Film Festival - CompetitionDavid di Donatello 2013 - Nominated for Best Italian Short Film2008 soFia (short)Torino Film Festival - Competition
A friendless boy meets a new patient at the psychiatric institute where his mother works. Smitten with the girl, he helps her escape from the adult world....
Feature film, Fiction
BELGIUM, FRANCE | 98 minutes | 2019
In 1945 Leningrad, reduced to rubble by the Second World War, a young woman, Iya, works in a hospital tending to soldiers wounded in battle. Tragedy...
RUSSIA | 139 minutes | 2019
Teenaged Mickey is the minder of her PTSD-afflicted father, a Iraq war veteran addicted to psychotropic meds. Their relationship turns increasingly toxic,...
Feature film
UNITED STATES | 89 minutes | 2019
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