\u00bbSince adolescence I have had to (\u2026) defend the right of women not to have children. And this was mainly against men who weren\u2018t even fathers themselves. And then I became pregnant when I was twenty. From this moment on I had children, who held on tight to me. And so this film gave me the opportunity to talk about the thing I know most about: what it means to be a mother.\u00ab
\n\u2013 Francesca Comencini<\/p>\n
Maria works as a teacher and lives alone. After a one-night-stand\u00a0 she becomes pregnant, but the baby is born prematurely and it is questionable whether her daughter will survive. She spends two months in the hospital by her side, waiting. Waiting to see whether her daughter will live or die. But Maria is used to living her own life and making her own decisions. The months she spends hoping that her daughter will be able to leave the incubator are demoralising. In the loneliness of this spazio bianco<\/em>, a room surrounded by white curtains, Maria tries to confront her existential fears, find her inner peace and dedicate herself to her child who is in need of protection. Lo Spazio Bianco<\/strong> is based on the short story of the same name by Valeria Parrella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21851,"template":"","movie_year":[415],"movie_genre":[629],"movie_cat":[509],"festival":[665],"class_list":["post-21852","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-415","movie_genre-spielfilm-2","movie_cat-international-feature-film-competition-for-women-directors-en-2011","festival-2011-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n