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The Aphid and the Ant (2021)

The Aphid and the Ant (2021)

Drama
Release Date: 2021, November 4
Directors: Mario Vitale
Countries: Italy
Production: Indaco Film, Lago Film
Cast: Giuseppe Fiorello, Nadia Kibout, Valentina Lodovini, Alessio Praticò, Anna Maria De Luca, Cristina Parku, Ettore Signorelli, Alessio De Lorenzi, Pino Torcasio, Antonio Vono

Overview:

Fatima is 16 years old and wears a veil. Her culture requires it, and her mother Amina imposes it on her. Born in Calabria to Muslim parents, the girl experiences all the conflicts and emotions typical of her age, but feels she is not like her peers: she is closed in her solitude, constantly out of place. Until one day the physical education teacher, Michele Scimone, suggests his students to sign up for the Sant'Antonio Marathon. For Fatima it is the first real opportunity to be seized. But for the teacher, a shy and depressed former runner, tormented by an unresolved past and a failed relationship with Anna, the veil that Fatima wears is a cause of prejudice.