Maria's existence flows like that of the Volturno, a river in South-Central Italy, along which she lives, one day at a time, without dreams or desires. She takes care of her mother while assisting the family business of trafficking pregnant women across the river.
When she helps one of the women escape, Maria is plunged deeper into the underworld than she is prepared to go. But in this shadowy and dying world, Maria will find unexpected grace and hope in the most ancestral and powerful form and prove that staying human has always been the greatest of revolutions.
Director Edoardo De Angelis is a film director and screenwriter born in Naples. He studied filmmaking at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. His films have screened around the world and have won several awards, including his 3 previous features: Indivisibili (2017), Perez (2014) and Mozzarella Stories (2011).