

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
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.