Un destino migliore (first feature)

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Un destino migliore

Un destino migliore

original title:

Un destino migliore

directed by:

cinematography:

set design:

costume design:

music:

Manuel Scarano

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2023

film run:

73'

format:

colour

release date:

30/11/2023

festivals & awards:

  • Los Angeles - Italia 2024: Look at
  • Sciacca Film Festival 2023: Migliore opera prima
  • Sweden Film Awards 2023
  • Budapest Movie Awards 2024
  • Lulea Film Festival 2024
  • Trapani Film Festival 2024
  • Un mare di cinema – Lipari 2024
  • Donna Fugata Film festival 2024

Luisa is a middle school teacher. Always committed to helping the neediest pupils, the woman discovers that one of her former pupils, the son of a neighborhood boss, has been arrested for robbery and decides to help his family, and when she learns that the boy will pay the rest sentence under house arrest decides to give him tutoring so that he can graduate in the hope of taking him off the street and giving him a future. But the task turns out to be more difficult than expected due to the indomitable character of the young man and his dangerous friendships.