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the Vice of Hope

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the Vice of Hope (Il vizio della speranza)

the Vice of Hope (Il vizio della speranza)

the Vice of Hope (Il vizio della speranza)

original title:

Il vizio della speranza

directed by:

Edoardo De Angelis

cast:

Pina Turco, Massimiliano Rossi, Marina Confalone, Cristina Donadio, Marcello Romolo

screenplay:

Umberto Contarello, Edoardo De Angelis

cinematography:

Ferran Paredes Rubio

editing:

Chiara Griziotti

set design:

Carmine Guarino

costume design:

Massimo Cantini Parrini

producer:

Attilio De Razza, Pierpaolo Verga

production:

Tramp Limited, O' Groove, Medusa Film, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Campania, with the collaboration of Film Commission Regione Campania

distribution:

Medusa Film [Italy], Palace Films [Australia], Jushi Films [China], U-Next [Japan] VOD, Palace Films [New Zealand], ANUVU (Airlines) [Worldwide]

world sales:

True Colours - Glorious Films [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2018

film run:

96'

format:

colour

release date:

22/11/2018

festivals & awards:

"If I have to die, I want to die my way"
Maria walks firmly, her hood up, her time flows along with the river she lives by.
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, she ferries pregnant women across the river, leading them to a painful, infernal fate.
But hope will pay Maria a visit, in its most ancestral and powerful form, as miraculous as life itself, teaching her that staying human is the greatest of all revolutions.