Pater familias

Furloughed from jail to address some family business, Matteo (Luigi Iacuzio) heads back to the hardscrabble neighborhood where he grew up. He's had terrible luck -- he was convicted of a crime that he might not have committed -- but it appears that Matteo's childhood pals aren't faring much better. Michele (Francesco Pirozzi) has been slain by local thugs, and Rosa (Federica Bonavolonta) is stuck with a domineering husband. For Matteo, it's a grim reminder of what was -- and what might've been. … MORE