L'amore molesto is a dark thriller which explores the secrets and distortions of a mother-daughter relationship.

What happened to mother Amalia (Angela Luce)? After Amalia's funeral, her daughter Delia (Anna Bonaiuto) braves threats against her to examine the past and evokes the complex and seductive character of her mother.

What she learns fills her with nostalgia and repulsion by turns.

The young and prolific director Mario Martone earned his reputation in Italy by creating the theatre groups Falso Movimento and Teatri Uniti - two milestones of contemporary Italian theatre. In 1991 he directed his first film, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

The script of L'amore molesto, the first foray into production by distributors Lucky Red, is based on the first novel by Neapolitan author Elena Ferrante. "I was attracted by the mother-daughter relationship for it brings up the extent of our fatal belonging to the past," says Martone.

"The memory of the past, through which we interpret the present, is inherited - and this includes the idea of Naples I evoke in my films. Naples is a city driven by the senses, not by feelings. It is a city which can upset moral order and convictions, as happened to the protagonist Delia."

Elio Andalo-Vimercati

Prod cos: Lucky Red, Theatri Uniti

Prod: Angelo Curti, Andrea Occhipinti, Kermit Smith

Dir/scr: Mario Martone

Ph: Luca Bigazzi

Ed: Jacopo Quadri

Prod des: Giancarlo Muselli

Costume: Metella Raboni

Mus: Steve Lacy, Alfred Schittke

Cast: Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce, Carmela Pecoraro, Licia Maglietta, Gianni

Running time: 104 mins

Int sales: Sacis

Screening: 22 June, 12.00, Blanik; 24 June, 17.30, KCP-Kongressovy

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