Rome, September 9 (askanews) – A real fire guides the words and actions of Angela, played by Vanessa Scalera, in Edoardo De Angelis's film, "The Fire You Carry Inside," presented in competition at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. Based on the novel by Antonio Franchini, the film recounts Christmas Eve in the Milanese home of Antonio, played by Lino Musella, who fled Naples long ago, partly to escape his over-the-top, hostile, ferocious, excessive, and irresistible mother.
The lead actress said: "She's a contradictory woman, a woman who claims to expose others, but instead has a million masks, a woman no one can unmask. She's not a sincere and honest woman. She wears a reinforced concrete mask, yet she demands truth from others. It's the role that actors dream of, that artists dream of encountering on their journey, right?" That Milanese apartment becomes an emotional, comical, and violent battlefield, which brings to the surface experiences of oppression and misunderstanding.
A sentimental confrontation between mother and son and a sort of showdown destined to change the meaning of their bond forever, as the director explained: "It's a love that expresses itself incapably, it's a love that's at least a little clumsy. This fire can burn. I wonder if we can still call it love."
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