The final clapperboard slams on Ivano De Matteo’s Mia
- Produced by Lotus in league with RAI Cinema, the Italian director’s latest film sees Edoardo Leo stepping into the shoes of a father who’s trying to defend his daughter from a young manipulator
Ivano De Matteo has slammed the final clapperboard on his seventh feature film, Mia, which has been shooting these past five weeks in Rome. This latest movie by the director who previously gave us Balancing Act [+see also:
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film profile], and hitting cinemas in a few days’ time in C’era una volta il crimine) stepping into the shoes of a father who tries to defend his daughter Mia - played by Greta Gasbarri - from a young manipulator. The cast also stars Milena Mancini (Boys Cry [+see also:
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Written and scripted by Ivano De Matteo together with his trusty associate Valentina Ferlan, Mia tells the story of a small, simple, happy family who are taken by storm by a manipulative young man who turns this wonderful fifteen-year-old girl’s life upside down until it’s nothing short of a nightmare. He strips her of her beauty and her sense of pleasure and fun. He humiliates and isolates her. And when, with her father’s help, she eventually tires of him and leaves him, he sets about destroying her. Her most private photos and the intimate films they made together are all posted online. When the young woman sees them, a tragic reaction ensues. Her father has only one thing left to cling onto: revenge.
At the heart of this tale is the love story between a father and his daughter: firstly involving the difficulty of seeing her grow up, then the torment of knowing she’s suffering followed by the fear of losing her and, ultimately, the need to defend her.
Mia is produced by Lotus Production (a subsidiary of Leone Film Group) alongside RAI Cinema, and is due to hit Italian cinemas soon, via 01 Distribution.
(Translated from Italian)
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