Rosa is a restless girl who lives with her mother’s relatives in a remote South Italian village. Her mother’s mysterious death when she was still a child casts a gloomy shadow on her present. When the truth emerges and Rosa realizes she is trapped in a same predestined fate, she decides to betray her family seeking revenge against her own blood. However, when your family belongs to the ’Ndrangheta mafia, a single failed step can lead to death.

The film is based on Lirio Abbate’s research on female victims of Italy’s most powerful mafia organization, which he published under the title “Fimmine Ribelli”.

Francesco Costabile was born in Cosenza/Calabria (Italy) in 1980. He studied at the renowned film school Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. After several short films, he made documentaries about the costume designer Piero Tosi and the film artist and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini. He also founded the queer Hack Porn Film Festival in Rome with others in 2017.

Filmography (selection): 2004 L’ARMADIO, 2005 DENTRO ROMA (both short films), 2009 L’ABITO E IL VOLTO, 2014 PIERO TOSI – L’INIZIO DEL SECOLO, 2019 IN UN FUTURO APRILE, 2022 UNA FEMMINA – THE CODE OF SILENCE

Awards (selection): Audience Award and Award for Best Actress (Annecy Italian Cinema Festival, France 2022), Award for Best Actress (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2022), Award for Best Original Score (Sudestival, Monopoli/Italy 2022)