La Tresse
Colombani’s anthology is an adaptation of her award-winning 2017 novel tying together three women in Italy, Montreal, and India. Smita (Mia Maelzer) is an Indian
Untouchable living in extreme poverty with her husband and daughter Lalita. They live on handouts and have no human rights due to their caste, so escape on a tortuous train journey, looking for a better life. In Italy Giulia (Fotinì Peluso) works in the human hair wig factory owned by her father; until he is stricken ill.
She discovers the business is in ruins so jumps into action finding her strength and savvy. Sarah (Kim Raver) is a Montreal lawyer climbing executive ranks suddenly facing a determined new hire with eyes on her job, when bad personal news arrives.
Colombani pays tribute to the determination of women to overcome every manner of obstacle to keep life moving forward; it is inspiring, powerfully familiar, and elegantly made, enriched by the performances, united by a traditional symbol of womanhood
