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SalentoinsouthernItaly.Asmallfamily-runtextilefactoryisforcedtocloseandthreegenerationsofwomenmustnowstruggletokeepthewolffromthedoor.Inordertosettletheirdebtstheirhomeissold.Nowthatherbrotherhasemigrated,itfallstoenergeticAdeletofindawayoutoftheircrisis.Whilsthersisteronlydreamsofbecominganactorandherconservativedaughterdoesn’tevengrasptherealityofthesituation,Grandmaatleastappearstobearthesecruelknockswithendearingequanimity.Nonetheless,oncethesewomenmovetothecountrytheirlifeseemstofinditsownrhythmastheybegincultivatingthesoilandsellingorbarteringtheirproduce.Notonlydotheydiscoverthattheirnewself-sufficientlifestyleisarelaxingdown-shift;italsogivesthemstrength.EdoardoWinspeare’swarmandauthenticstorytellingreflectsboththeeconomiccrisisandtheidentityofaregion.Theintenseimageryimpliesanarchaicaffinitytonature,andhisstrongfemaleprotagonistsarematriarchsinthebestsenseoftheword:usingtolerance,solidarityandindependencetofindsolutions,theyrefusetobebrowbeatenbythehegemonyoftheglobaleconomy.(Berlinale2014)
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