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201255 minPGdocumentary

Loneliness Family Dynamics

Nadea e Sveta

201255 minPGdocumentary

After more than two years in Italy, Sveta returns home in 2010 to reunite with her three-year-old daughter left in Moldova.

Loneliness Family Dynamics

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After more than two years in Italy, Sveta returns home in 2010 to reunite with her three-year-old daughter left in Moldova.

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Maura Delpero

Maura Delperodirector

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Nadea and Sveta, two Moldovan women, navigate life in Italy after leaving their families behind. Nadea's sons are grown, while Sveta has left her three-year-old daughter with her grandmother. In 2010, after two years apart, Sveta returns home to reunite with her child. As Sveta departs, Nadea confronts her loneliness and seeks new connections. Their intertwined stories reveal the emotional complexities of motherhood and friendship across borders in Eastern and Western Europe.

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