The Intruder

The Intruder

2017 · 95 min · IT · 6.2 (37 votes)
Dir. Leonardo Di Costanzo · Starring Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Martina Abbate, Anna Patierno, Flavio Rizzo, Marcello Fonte · Music Marco Cappelli
Drama

Naples. Present day. Giovanna, a combative 60-year-old social worker on the frontline of the daily war against pervasive criminality, is confronted, like a modern Antigone, with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life. Giovanna runs an after-school centre that takes care of underprivileged children; a grassroots alternative to the mafia dominance of the city. But one day, young Maria, wife of a ruthless Camorra criminal on the run, and her two children take refuge at the centre, and ask Giovanna for protection.

VIBE

A raw, unflinching look at moral compromise in a city choked by crime. It feels like a desperate fight for decency against overwhelming odds, where every choice carries immense weight. Intense and thought-provoking.

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