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An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.


To support her family, Maria works as a trafficker of surrogate mothers, transporting them from place to place along a river — but when one disappears, Maria is left with the task of finding her and must enter deeper into a world she wishes to escape.

Pina Turco
Maria

Massimiliano Rossi
Carlo Pengue

Cristina Donadio
La madre di Maria

Marcello Romolo
il dottore

Marina Confalone
Zia Marì
Odette Gomis
Fatimah

Juliet Esey Joseph
Blessing
Maria Angela Robustelli
Ramona
Yvonne Zidiouemba
Hope
Jane Bobkova
Natalia
The Vice of Hope is a drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of complicated birth, child trafficking. Directed by Edoardo De Angelis, it stars Pina Turco, Massimiliano Rossi, Cristina Donadio. To support her family, Maria works as a trafficker of surrogate mothers, transporting them from place to place along a river — but when one disappears, Maria is left with the task of finding her and must enter deeper into a world she wishes to escape.
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