ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL
My Place Is Here (Il mio posto è qui)
In post-war Southern Italy, a young woman faces an uncertain future as she is pressured into a life she did not choose. When an unexpected friendship opens the door to a hidden community, she begins a quiet but powerful journey toward independence, identity and belonging.
Director
Cristiano Bortone & Daniela Porto (Caffè)
Actors
Ludovica Martino • Marco Leonardi • Annamaria De Luca • Bianca Maria D’Amato
1h 51m • Rated M • Drama • Italy, Germany • In Italian with Eng subs
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My Place Is Here (Il mio posto è qui)
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The film moves with quiet assurance, allowing its central relationship — between Marta and Lorenzo, the village’s wedding planner — to gently reshape the world around her. Their connection becomes a gateway into something rarely acknowledged in that environment: a sense of choice, community and self-definition. There’s a softness to the storytelling, but also resolve, as Marta begins to push against the limits placed on her. Recognised at multiple international festivals, My Place is Here carries its message with clarity and grace — a period drama that feels both rooted in history and unmistakably relevant now.
Film Notes
A quietly powerful story of courage, identity and finding your place in a changing world.
Set in the aftermath of World War II, My Place is Here unfolds in a conservative village in Southern Italy, where tradition still dictates the course of a young woman’s life. Co-directed by Cristiano Bortone and Daniela Porto, and adapted from Porto’s own novel, the film follows Marta, a teenage mother navigating social stigma, expectation and a future mapped out by others. Against the backdrop of Italy’s first steps toward women’s suffrage, her story becomes part of a wider shift — one that questions long-held roles and opens the possibility of change.