The Fire Within You
Antonio, who fled Naples many years ago, has built a family and a successful career in Milan, far from his mother Angela — a woman excessive in both her virtues and her flaws, irresistible, old-fashioned and hostile like few others — who has come to visit for Christmas and seems determined to stay. Christmas Eve dinner becomes an emotional battlefield, at once comic and fierce, bringing to the surface a past of impositions and misunderstandings. With a stubborn capon that refuses to end up in the pot, a daughter whose arrival remains uncertain, and an unexpected distinguished guest, the evening turns into a reckoning between mother and son destined to change the meaning of their bond forever: a love that burns like a fire within, one that never dies out — not even by leaving.
Year: 2026
Genre: Drama
Studio: MiC, Picomedia, Fremantle Italia, RAI Cinema
Director: Edoardo De Angelis
Cast: Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Tommaso Ragno, Nicole Malaj
Crew: Edoardo De Angelis (Director), Antonio Franchini (Novel), Francesco Piccolo (Screenplay), Ilaria Macchia (Screenplay), Edoardo De Angelis (Screenplay), Vladan Radović (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Sep 09, 2026
IMDb: 6.75/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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