September 2007. From her home in Sweden, Fred moves to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea with her father, who has taken a new management job in the Northeastern Italian city. Feisty and curious, she enrolls in the local Technical High School for her Senior Year, finding herself as the only girl in an all-male class.
She quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three friends: the fascinating and reserved Antero, the outgoing womanizer Pasini, and the sweet and protective Mitis. The three have been a unit for as long as they can remember. Fred’s arrival disrupts their equilibrium and puts their longstanding friendship to the test. As each of the boys secretly desires Fred for himself, she yearns to be accepted into their circle and become one of them. But to truly belong, she is asked to sacrifice more and more.
A gorgeous and evocative crowd-pleaser from director Laura Samani, who follows up her 2021 multi-award winning feature debut, Small Body, with this: another big award winner and the second screen adaptation of Giani Stuparich’s timeless novel.
