Description

Picinisco, Italy, 1955: the war may be over, but for Domenica and her family the struggle for survival carries on. In the aftermath of the battle of Monte Cassino, a now parentless 17 year old Domenica finds herself bound by a promise to care for her five younger siblings. Will she be able to provide for them as food grows scarce? Will she hold the family together? Will this promise cost Domenica her own future with the man she loves? This is a fictionalised account of real events, Domenica weaves a rural tale full of home truths and home life amidst both the idyllic Abruzzo Apennines and the grisly repercussions of WWII.