(2025, Italy, 105')
Marta and Guido, a separated couple in their forties, turn to the court to obtain the so-called “judicial” ruling, which will finally determine the days their eight-year-old only son must spend with one parent or the other. In this intense legal drama, the film reconstructs, through meticulous evaluations – during which the protagonists are called to tell and reveal themselves—a grueling struggle that pushes them to the limits of endurance. A painful clash that spares no one and declares no winners: not even little Andrea will be excluded.
Neapolitan director, screenwriter, and production designer (born 1940), he made his debut with Vito e gli altri (1991), presented and awarded at the Venice Critics’ Week, also winning a Nastro d’Argento for Best New Director. He returned to Venice several times: in Competition with Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio (1997), Luna rossa (2001), and I vesuviani (1998); at the Giornate degli Autori with L’amore buio (2010); and again at Critics’ Week with Bagnoli Jungle (2015). He also appeared at Locarno with Polvere di Napoli (2000) and La guerra di Mario (2005), and at the Torino Film Festival with Il buco in testa (2020).
