Three women (Smita, Giulia and Sarah) rebel against the fate assigned to them and decide to fight, unconsciously weaving a network of hope and solidarity. It is the story told in the film ‘La Treccia’, in theaters tomorrow, a film adaptation of the best seller of the same name, which has quickly become an international phenomenon, written by the director herself Laetitia Colombani, who also wrote the screenplay. The protagonists of the story are three young women played by Fotinì Peluso, Kim Raver and Mia Maelzer.
The film, shot in Puglia in 2022 between Monopoli and Conversano, with the support of the Apulia film commission and the Puglia Region, is divided into three connected episodes shot in Italy, Canada and India. The setting is Niyamatabad, Northern India.
Smita is an “untouchable”. She dreams of giving her young daughter an education and she will do anything to make it happen.
Smita then makes an important decision: to leave everything and go south, in search of a better fate.
In Italy, Giulia works in the family-run haircutting workshop owned by her father. Following a serious accident in which her father is involved, Giulia discovers that the family business is bankrupt. Sarah, who lives in Canada, is a successful lawyer. When she is about to be promoted to head of the firm, she discovers that she has breast cancer.
Bound without knowing it by what is most precious to them, Smita, Giulia and Sarah rebel against the fate assigned to them and decide to fight, unconsciously weaving a network of hope and solidarity.
‘The Braid’ is an Indigo Film production in co-production with Curiosa Films and Moana Films, Forum Films, SND, France 2 Film, Panache Productions & La Compagnie Cinematographique.
