Leone nel basilico

Overview

Maria Celeste is a widow that lives in a retirement home. She is stingy, unpleasant, solitary and looks down on people. Every Sunday Maria sits alone on the park bench, though she tells everyone that she goes to her son's to cook a lovely meal. But on that Sunday, while dozing on the bench, a young girl places a ten month old baby in her arms and runs away leaving Maria stunned and confused. Finally the girl comes back and they start to know each other. The girl asks Maria to take the baby for a second, crosses the street and a tram hits her. She dies without a reason on a warm summer morning. Maria is alone with the baby. Her Maria Celeste's story begins.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 10, 2015

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Cast

Ilaria Santacroce,Catrinel Marlon,Mariano Rigillo,Alessia Santacroce,Walter Nicoletti,Carla Signoris,Ida Di Benedetto

Director

Leone Pompucci

Writer

Giovanna Mori,Leone Pompucci

Producer

Giuseppe Cioccarelli,Stefania Bifano

Cinematography

Marco Pieroni

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3312888