The Struggle
She is a mute 30 years old woman, with a very few contacts with the outside world, whose life is divided between a job she despises and a tormented love story. Her lover is 20 years older and he has a wife and a daughter. We meet the two protagonist inside his car, after a sexual encounter. She is upset because unsatisfied by the terms of their relationship, but he is not able to meet her requests of starting a new life together. Their love story keeps suffering from ups and downs, until she finds the courage to end it facing his violent reaction.
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Mirko Rigon
Drama
17'40''
4:3
Italy, 2019
Italian
Elisa Billi, Nicola Pecci,
Lucia Valenti
Materiali Sonori Cinema,
Black Oaks Pictures
Mirko Rigon,
Alessandro Testa (dialoghi)
Matteo Laguni
Mirko Rigon,
Alberto Garibaldi
Andrea Pasqualetti
Bianca Baldecchi
Luca Boni
Federico Bezzi
Mirko Rigon
Born on January 7th, 1994, in Vicenza. From his parents he inherits the passion for movies and in 2014 he moves to Florence to attend a film academy. During that period he found the Strange House Production where he develops commercials and short movies. In 2018 he writes and directs his first short movie “The consequence of being, and in 2019 he shoots his second short movie “La Lotta - The struggle”. Since the film academy he starts his work on sets as best boy and chief lighting technician while developing his love for writing and directing.