The Fire Within You (2026)

★ 0.0 1h 33m Drama

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.

Director

Edoardo De Angelis

Cast

Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Tommaso Ragno, Nicole Malaj, Samuele Mazza, Toni Laudadio

Country

Italy

Released

November 19, 2026