Il vizio della speranza

The story concerns the hiring of women as surrogate mothers paid to bear children and then hand them over to paying clients. De Angelis uses this as an entry point into the murky underbelly of this isolated community. Maria (Pina Turco), the central character, works and exists in this netherworld, running the surrogates from place to place along the river. When one of the women disappears it is Maria’s job to find her. Maria is soon caught up in a series of decisions about her place in this scheme, which she sees as having no future. (Toronto International Film Festival)