Anna Monica Guerritore

Rome, 1956. On the night she might become the first Italian actress to win an Oscar, Anna Magnani crosses a city suspended between memory and destiny. As she waits for a call from Hollywood, the diva wanders the streets of the capital while the loves, wounds and battles that marked her life and career resurface. Moving between intimate memories and the history of Italian cinema, Monica Guerritore’s film paints a sensitive portrait of a free and untameable artist, revealing the strength and fragility of one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century.