The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is happy to present CINEDAY al femminile, a series of productions directed by Italian female filmmakers.
This series is dedicated to Italian director Cecila Mangini (1927-2021), considered the first Italian female documentary filmmaker, and it is available to the first 300 to register.
Please note that the link & password you’ll receive upon registration are valid only for the specified date and time.
Feb 21 | 7 PM
JUST LIKE MY SON (Sembra mio figlio)
Dir: Costanza Quatriglio
Italy/Belgium/Croatia/Iran, 2018 , 103 min
In Italian with English subtitles
SYNOPSIS
In the middle of the night, a mobile phone rings. It’s the sign: Ismail awaits until the third ring, then he goes to a call centre to call back. Far, from Afghanistan, a man answers: he claims to be an uncle and hands the phone to a woman. She is Ismail’s mother, who denies to know him. She doesn’t have any news from her son since he was a little boy run away with his older brother from civil wars and Talibans. The woman made her children leave the country on their own, afraid they could get killed. Further the recognition that happens after many secret phone calls, Ismail’s mother disappears.