A Man Must Be Strong

Original title: Un uomo deve essere forte (Italy, 2019)

Director: Elsi Perino, Ilaria Ciavattini

Cast: Jack Tarullo (as himself)

Genre: Documentary

Plot: Against the backdrop of a northern Italian province of gun factories, sport hunting, and easy fishing lakes, Jack embarks on a journey of transition to adjust his body to what he has always felt he was: a man.
In a routine of odd jobs, bar friends, and few diversions, Jack begins to question what it means to be a man and what kind of man he wants to be. He starts to question the male models offered by the valley in which he lives.

Mother Nature

Original title: Mater natura (Italy, 2005)

Director: Massimo Andrei

Cast: Massimino, Desiderio's friend, is played by Vladimir Luxuria

Genre: Drama

Plot: The story is set in Naples. The protagonist, Desiderio, is a transgender woman supporting herself through prostitution. She lives with her father who does not accepti her gender identity and despises her. Co-protagonists are the stories of the neighborhood. Tired of a life of prostitution, and disappointed by a lawyer’s false promises to plead the transgender cause, Desiderio and other friends move to an old abandoned farm beneath the Vesuvius. They devote themselves to agriculture and the management of “Mater Natura”, a farmhouse where they welcome some of their former clients for psychological counseling.

Notes: The film was presented in the competition of the 20^th Venice International Film Critics' Week in 2005.

The Mouth of the Wolf

Original title: La bocca del lupo (Italy, 2009)

Director: Pietro Marcello

Cast: Mary Monaco, Vincenzo Motta

Genre: Docudrama

Plot: The film tells the story of Vincenzo, known as Enzo, sentenced to a long prison term, and Mary, whom he meets in prison in the section for transgender people. The two fall in love and dream of their future life and of the house in the country where they want to live once they finish their sentence. However, there are people for whom there never seems to be a happy ending, those who, in fact, always end up in the “mouth of the wolf”.