Eli puts herself through a crushing daily grind—a two-hour commute from the outskirts of Rome—in order to support her husband and their children. Meanwhile her best friend Vale, a dancer living on her own, is faced with her own struggles after taking in a coworker who was beaten by her boyfriend.

After the success of Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood, Daniele Vicari directs this tender drama about the quiet joy and deafening turbulence of working-class life. Centered on a staggering lead performance by Isabella Ragonese, the film captures the melancholy struggles of urban living.