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Piercing

original title:

Piercing

directed by:

Margherita Ferri

cast:

Beatrice Savignani, Alicia Ann Edogamhe, Lisa Pires Lima, Samuele Carrino, Andrea Arru, Giacomo Covi, Barbora Bobulova, Federica Victoria Caiozzo aka Thony, Francesco Colella

screenplay:

Margherita Ferri

cinematography:

Martina Cocco

editing:

Mauro Rossi

set design:

Marco Scarpa

costume design:

Laura Locher

music:

Giuseppe Tranquillino Minerva

producer:

Carlo Cresto-Dina, Manuela Melissano, Katrin Renz

production:

Tempesta, Tellfilm, Rai Cinema, with the support of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission

country:

Italy

year:

2026

format:

colour

status:

In post-production (06/12/2025)

Three seventeen-year-old friends living in a poor suburb discover they have superpowers after getting a piercing. When one of them risks losing her newborn daughter, the girls run away together, facing their parents and the challenges of becoming adults.