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In 1970s Rome, Clara is a nonconformist Spanish expatriate trapped in a loveless marriage to Felice, an unfaithful and abusive businessman, with whom she has three children: Adriana, Gino and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana, experiences gender dysphoria. Adriana rejects girlhood and instead identifies as a boy, wearing boys' clothes and adopting the masculine name Andrea.[a] One day, Andrea befriends Sara, a Romani girl who knows him as a boy. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara grow closer.

Keywords

  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • David di Donatello
  • Italian success
  • La Biennale di Venezia !
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years
  • Penelope Cruz
  • Spanish Cinema
  • Sundance Film Festival !
  • family
  • parenthood

Actors

  • Penélope Cruz
  • Vincenzo Amato
  • Luana Giuliani
  • Aurora Quattrocchi
  • Elena Arvigo

Director

  • Emanuele Crialese

Drama


1h 39min


-12

IT


NL

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France
Italy
2022
The love story between Clara and her children, in 1970s Rome.

The love story between Clara and her children, in 1970s Rome.


In 1970s Rome, Clara is a nonconformist Spanish expatriate trapped in a loveless marriage to Felice, an unfaithful and abusive businessman, with whom she has three children: Adriana, Gino and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adriana, experiences gender dysphoria. Adriana rejects girlhood and instead identifies as a boy, wearing boys' clothes and adopting the masculine name Andrea.[a] One day, Andrea befriends Sara, a Romani girl who knows him as a boy. Upon a shared sense of being outsiders, Andrea and Clara grow closer.

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