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The First Child
Italian

Il Primo Figlio

The First Child

Lungometraggio 91 minutes
The First Child
Content Warnings: Frightening, Mild Violence, Violence
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Ada and her partner Rino live together in a villa immersed in nature. She is nine months pregnant with their second child and everything seems to be going well. However, as the delivery approaches, the memory of the premature loss of Andrea, their firstborn, resurfaces in Ada. Ada has always pretended to be fine, but now, in what will become the newborn's nursery, Andrea’s ghost appears.
From that moment, Ada's relationship with Rino falls apart. Despite their love, they have different ways of dealing with grief. Rino cannot see the ghost of his son and believes that his wife has gone mad, while Ada establishes a new routine with Andrea where Rino is not involved.
When Andrea's ghost disappears, Ada's need to see her son again becomes so strong that she is willing to summon the world of the dead to see him again. And she succeeds.
But one does not return from the world of the dead without a price to pay. Andrea becomes a monster and seems to have returned to Earth to kill his unborn brother. Ada locks herself in the house where she will become aware that she never forgave herself for that terrible accident... when Andrea drowned in a lake due to her distraction.
Ada will have to choose whether to succumb to death, following Andrea, or to live and start over with Rino and their other child.
Ada e suo marito Rino vivono insieme in una villa immersa nella natura. Ada è incinta di nove mesi del loro secondo figlio e tutto sembra andare bene. Tuttavia, con l'avvicinarsi del parto, in Ada riaffiora il ricordo della prematura perdita di Andrea, il loro primogenito. Ada ha sempre finto di stare bene, ma ora, in quella che diventerà la cameretta del neonato, appare il fantasma di Andrea.
Da quel momento il rapporto di Ada con Rino va in pezzi. Nonostante il loro amore, i due hanno modi diversi di affrontare il dolore. Rino non riesce a vedere il fantasma del figlio e crede che la moglie sia impazzita, mentre Ada instaura con Andrea una nuova routine nella quale Rino non è coinvolto.
Quando il fantasma di Andrea scompare, il bisogno di Ada di rivedere suo figlio diventa così forte che è disposta a evocare il mondo dei morti pur di rivederlo. E ci riesce.
Ma non si torna dal mondo dei morti senza un prezzo da pagare.
Andrea diventa un mostro e sembra essere tornato sulla Terra per uccidere il fratello non ancora nato. Ada si chiude in casa dove si renderà conto di non essersi mai perdonata quel terribile incidente... quando Andrea, a causa della sua distrazione, annegò in un lago.
Ada dovrà scegliere se soccombere alla morte, seguendo Andrea, oppure vivere e ricominciare da capo con Rino e l'altro figlio.
Producers: Ines VasiljevicStefano SardoPilar Saavedra Perrotta
From: IT
Produced In: IT
Directors: Mara Fondacaro
Writers: Mara Fondacaro
Lead Actors: Benedetta CimattiSimone LiberatiLorenzo FerranteAstrid Meloni
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