"You have to lose yourself before you can find yourself."
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.
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The people behind it
María Valverde
Melissa P.
Letizia Ciampa
Manuela
Primo Reggiani
Daniele
Fabrizia Sacchi
Daria
Geraldine Chaplin
Nonna Elvira
Claudio Santamaria
Custode del museo
Elio Germano
Arnaldo
Alba Rohrwacher
Cielia
Giulio Berruti
Roberto
Nilo Mur
Marco
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