My Place is Here

My Place is Here (2024)

Il mio posto è qui

Marta, a single mother promised to an older farmer in the aftermath of WWII, forges an unlikely friendship with Lorenzo, the village's openly gay "wedding planner." In the conservative backdrop of rural Southern Italy, Lorenzo introduces her to a hidden community of gays, sparking Marta's journey to challenge societal prejudices. In the first year of women's suffrage in Italy, Marta navigates her evolving role as a woman, breaking barriers and finding her place in a changing world.

Date of release
2024-04-25
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama
Director
Cristiano Bortone, Daniela Porto

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Gerace, Fasano, and Gioia del Colle

My Place Is Here is a 2024 Italian drama film written and directed by Cristiano Bortone and Daniela Porto, based on the novel of the same name by Porto. It premiered at the Bari International Film Festival on 23 March 2024 and received a theatrical release in Italy on 9 May 2024.

Production

Writer-director Daniela Porto, who was born to Calabrian parents, was inspired to write the film after learning about an openly gay man in her parents' village who helped women plan their weddings. Filming took place in Gerace, Reggio Calabria, as well as Fasano and Gioia del Colle in Apulia.

The film is shot in a little town in Calabria called Gerace, which really is quite untouched and we were fascinated by the tonalities there, and we tried to create this world in which there was not a lot of color, and somehow everything was into the mud and earth and stone kind of tonality, including the clothes, because if you look at the pictures of the time, you don’t see these sparkling happy flowery colors that come later.

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