Smalltown, Italy
A melancholic family drama centered on mental illness and fractured relationships, where the intrusion of a stranger into a dysfunctional household deepens existing tensions.
A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and befriends a Czech mechanic, bringing the man into their dysfunctional home.
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