My Place Is Here - official trailer - English subtitled

Winner of the Best Directors & Best Lead Actress Awards at the Bari Film Festival 2024. Watch the official trailer of this compelling tale of women empowerment and pursuit of happiness, set at the time of the first feminist movement in Southern Italy! It stars Ludovica Martino ( SKAM Italia ) and Cinema Paradiso’s Marco Leonardi. Written and directed by Daniela Porto & Cristiano Bortone Starring Ludovica Martino, Marco Leonardi, Annamaria De Luca, Bianca Maria D’Amato, Giorgia Arena and many more. Produced by Orisa Produzioni in coproduction with Goldkind Film In the impoverished confines of her parents’ home, 17-year-old Marta awaits the return of her fiancé from war. As a single mother, she faces the scorn of her community and once the war is over and Michele doesn’t turn back, she finds herself promised to an older farmer. During the village’s preparatory course for wives, she forges an unlikely friendship with Lorenzo, the village’s openly gay “wedding planner.“ In the conservative backdrop of rural Southern Italy, Lorenzo introduces her to a hidden community of gays, sparking Marta’s courageous journey to challenge societal prejudices. In the first year of women’s suffrage in Italy, Marta navigates her evolving role as a woman, breaking barriers and finding her place in a changing world. World Sales: Beta Cinema Distribution in Italy: Adler Entertainment