Overview

Albinia, 1999. Giovanna is an awkward twelve-year-old. She lives with her mother, Sabrina. Her father died years ago, but he is still the person she turns to in difficult moments, imagining him as the hero of a Japanese anime.
In this small-town world, governed by rigid, unwritten rules, Giovanna has only one ally: Mirko, bound to her for life by a blood oath. But when Mirko disappears and the adults' explanations become increasingly vague, Giovanna makes up her mind: she will find him herself, whatever it takes.
By her side is Ludovica, who has been held back a number of times and is nicknamed "The Hammer", along with her gang of bullies. An unlikely group of companions, they will form an unexpected friendship with Giovanna and face a truth none of them could ever have imagined.

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Director

Niccolò Falsetti

Screenwriters

Niccolò Falsetti, Francesco Turbanti, Giovanna Vicari, Tommaso Renzoni

Producers

Alessandro Amato, Luigi Giuseppe Chimienti, Manetti Bros., Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Domenico Procacci, Laura Paolucci

Cast

Aurora Malianni, Tara Trocchia, Francesco Turbanti, Petra Valentini, Leonardo Baldoni, Sergio Pierattini, Francesco Mancini, Teresa Tanini, Elena Fioravanti, Giulio Iapichino, Samuele Sabatini, Guglielmo Tanganelli