Small Homeland

Small Homeland

110 mins | Drama | Aug. 29, 2013

Two young girls, a hot, stifling summer, the desire to run away from a small provincial town. Luisa is full of life, uninhibited, unconventional. Renata is dark, angry and in need of love. The lives of two young women is a tale of blackmail, of a love betrayed, of violence: Luisa uses her Albanian boyfriend, Bilal; Renata uses Luisa’s body to orchestrate her revenge. Both want to leave the small community where they have grown up among village festivals and independence gatherings, helpless families and new generations of migrants targeted by those who feel increasingly threatened. Luisa, Renata and Bilal will risk loosing themselves, loosing a precious part of themselves, of those they love, ultimately loosing their own lives.

Small Homeland

110 mins | Drama | Aug. 29, 2013

Small Homeland
Two young girls, a hot, stifling summer, the desire to run away from a small provincial town. Luisa is full of life, uninhibited, unconventional. Renata is dark, angry and in need of love. The lives of two young women is a tale of blackmail, of a love betrayed, of violence: Luisa uses her Albanian boyfriend, Bilal; Renata uses Luisa’s body to orchestrate her revenge. Both want to leave the small community where they have grown up among village festivals and independence gatherings, helpless families and new generations of migrants targeted by those who feel increasingly threatened. Luisa, Renata and Bilal will risk loosing themselves, loosing a precious part of themselves, of those they love, ultimately loosing their own lives.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Arsenali Medicei, Jump Cut
Original title Piccola patria
Directors Alessandro Rossetto
Writers Caterina Serra, Alessandro Rossetto

Cast

Maria Roveran

as Luisa

Roberta Da Solller

as Renata

Vladimir Doda

as Bilal

Diego Ribon

as Rino Menon

Lucia Mascino

as Anna Carnielo

Mirko Artuso

as Franco Carnielo

Nicoletta Maragno

as Itala Menon

Giulio Brogi

as Il vecchio