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Sole

Sole

20196.81h 43m

Overview

Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he and his wife Bianca cannot have. A fake adoption between relatives, a loophole to bypass the law in Italy. A world in which money is the only standard of value, the only thing that matters. Ermanno and Lena are two strangers that must pretend in public to be a couple and live together until the delivery. They are used to only thinking about themselves and they fight all the time. But living side by side they start becoming what they were only pretending to be.

Directed by Carlo Sironi
Written by Antonio Manca, Giulia Moriggi, Carlo Sironi
Produced by Giovanni Pompili, Agnieszka Wasiak
Box Office0Revenue: $56K

Top Cast

Sandra Drzymalska

Sandra Drzymalska

Lena

Claudio Segaluscio

Claudio Segaluscio

Ermanno

Bruno Buzzi

Bruno Buzzi

Fabio

Barbara Ronchi

Barbara Ronchi

Bianca

Vitaliano Trevisan

Vitaliano Trevisan

Obstetrician

Marco Felli

Marco Felli

Giordano

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Themes & Keywords

pregnancyorphansurrogacypretend relationshipgambling addictionpetty criminal

About Sole

Sole is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of pregnancy, orphan, surrogacy, pretend relationship, gambling addiction, petty criminal. Directed by Carlo Sironi, it stars Sandra Drzymalska, Claudio Segaluscio, Bruno Buzzi. Lena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he and his wife Bianca cannot have. A fake adoption between relatives, a loophole to bypass the law in Italy. A world in which money is the only standard of value, the only thing that matters. Ermanno and Lena are two strangers that must pretend in public to be a couple and live together until the delivery. They are used to only thinking about themselves and they fight all the time. But living side by side they start becoming what they were only pretending to be.

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