original title:
Il figlio sospeso
directed by:
cast:
Paolo Briguglia, Gioia Spaziani, Egidio Termine, Fioretta Mari, Aglaia Mora, Laura Giordano
screenplay:
production:
Mediterranea Productions, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Sicilia Film Commission
country:
Italy
year:
2015
format:
colour
release date:
23/11/2017
festivals & awards:
Lauro, the protagonist of the story, he lost his father when he was two years old.
A clue leads him to believe that his father had a second family in the past and another son. He feels betrayed.
He decides to embark on the journey in search of his past. He discovers that the natural mother was ill with leukemia during her gestation and, because of the illness, which seemed no way out, she decided to give his son to a friend. But thanks to a drug she had survived for over twenty years. Little by little, the truth begins to emerge.