The biggest Italian hit ever is a daring mix of drama and comedy with experimental yet moving dance excesses - very unexpected but still very accessible.
Shot in beautiful black and white, you imagine yourself in Rome in 1946, where a housewife takes the first steps to escape the tyranny of her husband.
Delia and Ivano live with their children and Ivano's ailing father in Rome. It is 1946 and the people in the city are balancing between the rush of liberation and the shortages of the past war. Delia is the caring type who has learned to deal with her tyrannical husband. The family is excited because their daughter is getting engaged. But everything changes when Delia receives a mysterious letter that fuels her courage to strive for a better life... Inspired by the stories of grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
