Naples. Giovanna is a combative 60-year-old social worker who runs an after-school centre that takes care of underprivileged children; a grassroots alternative to the mafia dominance of the city. But one day, she is confronted with a moral dilemma that threatens to destroy her work and her life.

Deftly deglamorizing many a screen depiction of the mafia, this thoughtful portrait of a Neapolitan community under the thumb of the Camorra is rendered with docudramatic authenticity. With an acute moral dilemma at its center, The Intruder is a persuasive study in cycles of violence and compassion.