Un’etate Romana, a women’s prison and a writer outside the box. OutMario Martone’s new film, is the only Italian title selected for the Official competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival. The trailer, just released, anticipates an intimate and collective story together, Inspired by the true story of Goliarda Sapienza. The film will arrive in Italian theaters on May 22nd.
Outfilm in competition in Cannes 2025: plot and cast
In Rome in 1980, the writer Goliarda Sapienza, author de The art of joy (played in film by Valeria Golino), he comes arrested for the theft of some jewels. In prison he meets a group of young prisoners with whom they build unexpected relationships. Those relationships become A turning point: a rebirth experience. To give body to this story are also Matilda De Angelis, Elodie, Corrado Fortuna, Antonio Gerardi and Francesco Gheghiin a choral cast that alternates fragility and scenic presence.
A bond beyond the bars
Within the walls of the prison is born A special link between Goliarda and Roberta (played by Matilda De Angelis), a young woman with a past as an activist and several entrances to prison. Once out, that relationship continues, but yes clashes with the misunderstanding of the outside world. A relationship that nobody, outside, can be able to understand: it is on this tension that the film scripted by Martone and Ippolita di Majo moves, between emotional ties and identities that escape the definitions.
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