Summer 1975, a 13-year-old girl, suitcase in one hand and a bag of shoes in the other, knocks at an unknown door. Her sister Adriana opens it, her eyes wrinkled, her braids unraveled: they’ve never seen each other before. So begins the story of a teenager who lost everything overnight: a comfortable home, her closest friends, the unconditional love of her parents – or rather the people she believed were her parents. For “l’Arminuta” (the returned girl) as her peers called her, a new and very different life begins, from the adoptive family to her real one, going from wealth to poverty, both material and moral. Her new home is small, dark, there are brothers everywhere and little food on the table to share. But there’s Adriana, who shares a bed with her. And there’s Vincenzo, who looks at her as if she were already a woman.
“L’Arminuta” is based on the novel written by Donatella Di Pietrantonio with the same name. The novel is also translated into Norwegian.
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* LIVE SCREENING at IIC Oslo, Oscarsgt. 56 on April 20 at 18.30. Free entrance. No registration necessary.
* The film will also be available ONLINE for FREE at MyMovies from:
Wednesday April 20 at 19:30 (local time) to Friday April 22 at 19:30 (local time)
both in NORWAY – CLICK HERE to see the film
and ICELAND – CLICK HERE to see the film
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In Italian with English subtitles
The film is directed by Giuseppe Bonito
With Sofia Fiore ( the Arminuta), Carlotta De Leonardis, Vanessa Scalera, Fabrizio Ferracane, Elena Lietti, Andrea Fuorto
An Italy- switzerland coproduction
Maro Film, Baires Produzioni, Kaf with Rai Cinema