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by Redazione VeNews
Green Drop Award 2026: Naza and L'estranea Win, Special Prize to Greta e le favole vere
A secret kept for twenty years resurfaces when Anna unexpectedly arrives at her daughter Alice’s home to reveal the truth about their family. After a serious accident during Alice’s childhood, Anna made a pact with a mysterious stranger to save her life. Now that agreement returns to exact its price, testing the bond between mother and daughter and the illusion that they can control their own destiny.
Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Strippoli (Corato, 1993) uses genre cinema to explore identity, pain and family bonds. After A Classic Horror Story (2021), co-directed with Roberto De Feo, he made Flowing (2022) and The Holy Boy (2025), presented Out of Competition at Venice, which earned him, together with Jacopo Del Giudice and Milo Tissone, the 2026 Nastro d’Argento for Best Story. With L’estranea, he enters the Venice Competition for the first time.
