The Fire Within You
6.4
Antonio, who fled Naples many years ago, has built a family and a successful career in Milan, far from his mother Angela — a woman excessive in both her virtues and her flaws, irresistible, old-fashioned and hostile like few others — who has come to visit for Christmas and seems determined to stay. Christmas Eve dinner becomes an emotional battlefield, at once comic and fierce, bringing to the surface a past of impositions and misunderstandings. With a stubborn capon that refuses to end up in the pot, a daughter whose arrival remains uncertain, and an unexpected distinguished guest, the evening turns into a reckoning between mother and son destined to change the meaning of their bond forever: a love that burns like a fire within, one that never dies out — not even by leaving.
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Cast
8 people
Vanessa Scalera
Angela
Known for
This Is Not Hollywood
Romulus
Lino Musella
Antonio
Known for
Gomorrah
The Beast
Elena Radonicich
Known for
Fabrizio De André: Principe libero
Alaska
Ivana Lotito
Known for
Gomorrah
Cado dalle nubi
Tommaso Ragno
Known for
Baby
Vermiglio
Nicole Malaj
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Minerva Academy
Samuele Mazza
Also in
Fight Like Angels
Toni Laudadio
Known for
Indivisible
Mia Madre
Edoardo De Angelis Director · Francesco Piccolo Screenplay Ilaria Macchia Screenplay
First release September 9, 2026 · Produced in Italy · Production Picomedia, Fremantle Italia
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MiC
Production
Picomedia
Production
Fremantle Italia
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RAI Cinema
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Italy
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Original title
Il fuoco che ti porti dentro
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 9, 2026
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · November 19, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
October 7, 2026 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
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