18 Presents (2020)

Original title

18 regali

Directed by

Francesco Amato

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

15

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 712 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman with terminal breast cancer prepares birthday gifts for her infant daughter to be given each year up to her 18th birthday. The gifts become a way for her to stay present in her daughter's life even after she is gone.

poignantbittersweettenderemotionalheartfeltreflectivemovingintimate

What happens

18 Presents (Italian: 18 regali) is a 2020 Italian drama film written and directed by Francesco Amato, with Vittoria Puccini, Benedetta Porcaroli and Edoardo Leo in lead roles. The film is based on an actual Italian woman, Elisa Girotto, who had planned and allocated 17 years of birthday gifts for her daughter Anna before her death in September 2017 due to a terminal breast cancer. Girotto had been diagnosed with cancer at the time that she gave birth to her daughter, in August 2016 at the age of 40. The film was released on 2 January 2020, and received positive reviews for its emotional screenplay. Elisa's husband Alessio Vincenzotto was also credited for his story about his wife. It was also streamed on Netflix on 8 May 2020, which was Mothers' Day in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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