80', Feature Film
Italy, 2018
BUTTERFLY
Directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
Irma Testa, at just 18 years old, is the first female boxer to arrive at the Olympics, an extraordinary result for a girl who grew up in one of the poorest and most underworld areas of all of Naples. The further Irma goes on her journey, the more fragile she becomes as a person, and so, after a crushing defeat at the Rio Olympic Games, she begins to wonder if boxing really represents her future. Irma has yet to carve her own path but first has to come to terms with her personal life which she has put on the sidelines for so long.

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directed by Alexander Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman
director of photography Giuseppe Maio
editing Giogiò Franchini and Alessandro Cassigoli
produced by Indyca and Rai Cinema
produced by Michele Fornasero
with the support of Media Europe loves cinema, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Rai Cinema, Film Commission Turin Piedmont
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