11/12/2022 05:30 pm – Caligari FilmBühne 
Italy/Switzerland 2021 110 min Italian original version with german and english subtitles
German premiere
by Guiseppe Bonito
Script: Monica Zapelli, Donatella Di Pietrantonio, DoP: Alfredo Betrò, Editor: Roberto Missiroli, Producer: Antonio De Feo, Production: Maro Film, Baires Produzioni, Kaf with Rai Cinema, Cast: Sofia Fiore, Carlotta De Leonardis, Vanessa Scalera, Fabrizio Ferracane, Elena Lietti, Andrea Fuorto, Stefano Petruzziello, Giovanni Francesco Palombaro Fiorita
Italy/Switzerland 2021 110 min Italian original version with german and english subtitles
German premiere
by Guiseppe Bonito
Script: Monica Zapelli, Donatella Di Pietrantonio, DoP: Alfredo Betrò, Editor: Roberto Missiroli, Producer: Antonio De Feo, Production: Maro Film, Baires Produzioni, Kaf with Rai Cinema, Cast: Sofia Fiore, Carlotta De Leonardis, Vanessa Scalera, Fabrizio Ferracane, Elena Lietti, Andrea Fuorto, Stefano Petruzziello, Giovanni Francesco Palombaro Fiorita
Summer 1975, a 13-year-old girl, suitcase in one hand and a bag of shoes in the other, knocks at an unknown door. Her sister Adriana opens it, her eyes wrinkled, her braids unraveled: they’ve never seen each other before. So begins the story of a teenager who lost everything overnight: a comfortable home, her closest friends, the unconditional love of her parents – or rather the people she believed were her parents.
For “l’Arminuta” (the returned girl) as her peers called her, a new and very different life begins, from the adoptive family to her real one, going from wealth to poverty, both material and moral. Her new home is small, dark, there are brothers everywhere and little food on the table to share. But there’s Adriana, who shares a bed with her. And there’s Vincenzo, who looks at her as if she were already a woman.
Giuseppe Bonito was born in Polla/Italy in 1974. After working for a long time as assistant director, in 2012 he made his directing debut with the film PULCE NON C’E which won the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival in the “Alice nella Città” section. Furthermore, he was nominated as best first-time director at the Nastri d’Argento prizes, awarded each year by the Italian film journalists. In 2020, he directed the movie FIGLI – with Valerio Mastandrea and Paola Cortellesi in the leading roles. It won three Nastri d’Argento awards for best comedy and best performance in a comedy. A GIRL RETURNED is his third feature film.
Filmography (selection): 2012 PULCE NON C’È, 2020 FIGLI, 2021 A GIRL RETURNED
Awards: prize for Best Adapted Screenplay (David di Donatello Awards, Rome/Italy 2022)
For “l’Arminuta” (the returned girl) as her peers called her, a new and very different life begins, from the adoptive family to her real one, going from wealth to poverty, both material and moral. Her new home is small, dark, there are brothers everywhere and little food on the table to share. But there’s Adriana, who shares a bed with her. And there’s Vincenzo, who looks at her as if she were already a woman.
Giuseppe Bonito was born in Polla/Italy in 1974. After working for a long time as assistant director, in 2012 he made his directing debut with the film PULCE NON C’E which won the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival in the “Alice nella Città” section. Furthermore, he was nominated as best first-time director at the Nastri d’Argento prizes, awarded each year by the Italian film journalists. In 2020, he directed the movie FIGLI – with Valerio Mastandrea and Paola Cortellesi in the leading roles. It won three Nastri d’Argento awards for best comedy and best performance in a comedy. A GIRL RETURNED is his third feature film.
Filmography (selection): 2012 PULCE NON C’È, 2020 FIGLI, 2021 A GIRL RETURNED
Awards: prize for Best Adapted Screenplay (David di Donatello Awards, Rome/Italy 2022)
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