Sole (2019)

Sole: Directed by Carlo Sironi. With Claudio Segaluscio, Sandra Drzymalska, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli. 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 cause in Italy the surrogate motherhood is forbidden. A world in which money is the only standard of value, the only thing that matter. 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 think about themselves and they fight all the time. But living side by side they start becoming what they were only pretending to be.

“I felt compelled to write a review (which I never do) after watching this movie because it hit me like a ton of bricks. Beautifully done, superb acting, beautiful heartbreaking story that takes you on an emotional journey. Going to recommend to everyone I know.Expect tears for the final scene!”