Demetra in Esilio (2026)

Milan swelters through a silent summer, where the streets have emptied and time seems to hold its breath. Inside one quiet apartment, Daria and her young daughter, Lia, move through a delicate, repetitive rhythm of days. Daria has retreated from the world entirely, nurturing a lush, miniature jungle of plants that fills their home with life. Meanwhile, Lia steps out only for groceries or to pour her creative energy into an art piece—a haunting retelling of the ancient myth of Demeter and Persephone. As she films the empty, sun-drenched city beyond her front door, the footage begins to mirror her own life back at her. Frame by frame, she uncovers the startling truth that her path forward was already written in the story she thought she was only observing.