The story of a young mother with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself and gain independence and right to happiness.
Acting
Jasmine Trinca carries the whole film on her exhausted shoulders.
Production
Rome's working-class suburbs feel lived-in, not picturesque.
Writing
Fortunata's bad decisions feel painfully, authentically human.
Director
Sergio Castellitto
Jasmine Trinca
Fortunata
Stefano Accorsi
Patrizio
Alessandro Borghi
Chicano
Edoardo Pesce
Franco
Hanna Schygulla
Lotte
Nicole Centanni
Barbara
Rosa Diletta Rossi
Rosa
Emanuela Aurizi
Giada
Federica Sabatini
Jacelyn Parry
Luciana
Valeria Nardilli
Valeria
Alessandra Muccioli
dottoressa USL
Awa Ly
Suora
Demetra Avincola
Demetra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on James Frey's novel 'Lucky You'—yeah, THAT James Frey, the 'A Million Little Pieces' memoirist who turned out to be a fabulist.
Sergio Castellitto deliberately cast non-professionals from Rome's periphery as extras to capture authentic social realism.
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