this is paola cortellesi, the director, and she says she still can't quite believe the success that the movie is having. it's made about 32 euros million at the cinema, beating both barbie and oppenheimer. now, the movie is shot in black and white, and it's about a housewife and mother living in rome in 1946, which is when italy was just recovering after world war two. now, the director also plays the main character. and this is a woman. this is a woman who in the movie suffers violent, emotional and physical abuse by her husband. and her story resonated with people across italy, especially women. and to understand why, let's look at some figures. in italy, 120 women were murdered in 2023. now, that's about one woman killed every three days. and more than half of them were killed by partners or ex—partners, and a quarter were killed by their children, mostly men. now, sadly, this is nothing new in italy, but a few months ago, the issue of femicide erupted because of this woman. julia was 22 and she was allegedly murdered by her ex—boyfriend just a few days before she was able to gra