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The Intruder

The Intruder

20176.21h 35m

Overview

Naples. Present day. Giovanna, a combative 60-year-old social worker on the frontline of the daily war against pervasive criminality, is confronted, like a modern Antigone, with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life. Giovanna runs an after-school centre that takes care of underprivileged children; a grassroots alternative to the mafia dominance of the city. But one day, young Maria, wife of a ruthless Camorra criminal on the run, and her two children take refuge at the centre, and ask Giovanna for protection.

Directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo
Written by Leonardo Di Costanzo, Maurizio Braucci, Bruno Oliviero
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Top Cast

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Raffaella Giordano

Giovanna

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Valentina Vannino

Maria

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Martina Abbate

Rita

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Anna Patierno

Sabina

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Flavio Rizzo

Vittorio

Marcello Fonte

Marcello Fonte

Mino

Christian Giroso

Christian Giroso

Amato

Carmine Paternoster

Carmine Paternoster

Amitrano

Themes & Keywords

coming of ageurban

About The Intruder

The Intruder is a drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of coming of age, urban. Directed by Leonardo Di Costanzo, it stars Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Martina Abbate. Naples. Present day. Giovanna, a combative 60-year-old social worker on the frontline of the daily war against pervasive criminality, is confronted, like a modern Antigone, with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life. Giovanna runs an after-school centre that takes care of underprivileged children; a grassroots alternative to the mafia dominance of the city. But one day, young Maria, wife of a ruthless Camorra criminal on the run, and her two children take refuge at the centre, and ask Giovanna for protection.

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