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Opening Night Film – The festival opens on Friday 17 November at 8pm at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila with “White Paradise”, (France) by Guillaume Renusson, the first film in competition and Italian premiere, in the presence of the director.

After the death of his wife, Samuel needs to get away from his everyday life and decides to retire to his family chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, a young woman takes refuge inside the chalet. This woman is Afghan and she wants to cross the mountain to reach France. Samuel doesn’t want to get in trouble because of her, but faced with this difficult situation, he decides to help her reach the border despite the extreme conditions in the mountains. What he doesn’t know is that beyond the hostility of nature, he will have to face the hostility and wickedness of men…

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