Monica Bellucci's widow raffles herself off. What could possibly go wrong? (Spoiler: everything.)
Struggling with a financial crisis, a good-looking widow decides to put herself up for grabs. However, going through with it becomes almost impossible with a new love and the legal system thrown into the mix.
Acting
Bellucci carries absurd premise with genuine vulnerability.
Production
Seedy glamour of early-90s Rome on a budget.
Director
Francesco Laudadio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was 27-year-old Monica Bellucci's first leading film role, shot before she became the face of Dolce & Gabbana.
Based on an actual 1980s Italian news story about a woman who raffled herself to pay debts—public opinion split between moral outrage and economic sympathy.
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