It's called The Rose of Istria, is a TV movie that will shed light, with a "non-political, non-ideological" angle, on a "little told" story, that of the Istrian exodus. Freely inspired by the novel Who's afraid of the bogeyman? by Graziella Fiorentin (Mursia editions), The Rose of Istria, as Verdiana Bixio, president of the production company Publispei, explains, “is a great love story, but also a story that tells what it means to be or not to be at home, how one experiences uprooting”.

“It is not a film about Tito's persecutions – adds Bixio – but an intimate story about the post-exodus, we tell the story of people who had to seek salvation, divided families with elderly people who remained and young refugees”. The period drama is directed by Tiziana Aristarco and among the protagonists there is Andrea Pennacchi, “as well as a talented young actress and many others”.

The story is that of the young Maddalena Braico, forced to make a daring escape by train to reach her uncles in Friuli while her world collapses, her brother Niccolò is perhaps dead and in Italy she feels almost a foreigner, until the saving encounter with Leo. The idea is to air on the day of remembrance, February 10 on Raiuno.

Source: National newspaper – 03/08/2023