(2023, Italy, 106')
Julio is almost forty and still lives at home with his mother in a house by the river, not far from Rome. The mother is a strong, determined woman who fled Colombia when she was young and pregnant. Julio and his mother’s relationship is complex, symbiotic, deep, and morbid. Their bond makes them share everything: their passion for Latin American dance and their work as drug dealers. It will all tear apart with the arrival of a young Colombian woman, herself implicated in drug smuggling.
Born in Rome in 1984, Enrico Maria Artale holds a degree in philosophy and one in film. His short movie My Bow Breathing, released in 2012, earned him a Nastro d’Argento. In 2013, Artale presented his first feature film, The Third Half, at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti Section. The film was awarded the Premio Pasinetti for a Debut Film. The filmmaker also directed two series of documentaries for Sky Arte and Saro, presented at the Turin Film Festival and recognized as Best Italian Documentary.
Premio Collaterale della 80° Mostra del Cinema di Venezia
