Tuesday 18 October at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome will be presented the film ‘Primadonna’, directed by Marta Savina in her first feature film, an Italian-French co-production Capri Entertainment, Medset Film, in association with Tenderstories and in collaboration with Vision Distribution, Rai Cinema, Sky, distributed by Europictures. The film is set in Sicily in the 1960s and stars Claudia Gusmano, Fabrizio Ferracane, Francesco Colella, Manuela Ventura, Dario Aita, with the participation of Thony and with Gaetano Aronica, Maziar Firouzi, Francesco Giulio Cerilli, Paolo Pierobon.

Lia is 21 years old, she goes to work the land with her father, even though she is ‘female’ and should be at home taking care of household chores with her mother. Lia is beautiful, headstrong and reserved, but she knows her stuff. Her proud and shifty look attracts the attentions of young Lorenzo Musicò, son of the village boss. When she rejects him, Lorenzo’s wrath is not long in coming and the boy takes what he considers to be his property by force. But Lia does what no one would ever expect: she refuses the reparatory marriage and drags Lorenzo and his accomplices to court.

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