The Fire Within You

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The Fire Within You (2026)

Directed by Edoardo De Angelis

Drama · 1h 33m

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

Crew

Director
Edoardo De Angelis
Screenplay
Francesco Piccolo, Ilaria Macchia, Edoardo De Angelis
Novel
Antonio Franchini
Director of Photography
Vladan Radović
Original Music Composer
La Niña
Editor
Lorenzo Peluso

Details

Original title
Il fuoco che ti porti dentro
Release date
2026-11-19
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
MiC, Picomedia, Fremantle Italia, RAI Cinema