Fistful of Flies

Fistful of Flies

84 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 19, 1997

Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.

Fistful of Flies

84 mins | Drama, Thriller | July 19, 1997

Fistful of Flies
Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Long Black Productions
Original title Fistful of Flies
Directors Philip Joseph, Chris Webb, Tanya Jackson, Monica Pellizzari, Victoria Sullivan
Writers Marion Ord, Monica Pellizzari, Alison Tilson

Cast

Dina Panozzo

as Grace Lupi

Tasma Walton

as Maria (Mars) Lupi

Maria Venuti

as Magda

John Lucantonio

as Joe Lupi

Anna Volska

as Nanna

Danielle Grima

as Young Mars

Eamon Davern

as Johnny

Giordano Gangl

as Ercole

Rosalba Paris

as Rosa

Mario Gamma

as Eno

Tony Poli

as Priest

Rachael Maza Long

as Dr. Powers

Cathren Michalak

as Innocentina

Michael Tama

as Freddo