Mosquitoes

Le bambine

Italy, Switzerland, France | 2025 | 110 min

Language: Italian

Subtitles: English

Not for persons under 16

Director(s): Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani

Script: Maria Sole Limodio, Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani

Cast: Mia Ferricelli, Agnese Scazza, Petra Scheggia, Clara Tramontano, Milutin Dapčević; Jessica Piccolo Valerani, Marianna Folli; Evanghelina Zhurkina, Cristina Donadio, Matteo Martari, Jasmin Mattei, Davide Enea Casarin, Toni Pandolfo, Benjamin Israel; Joshua Israel

Production: Emma Film

Distribution: Intramovies

Drama

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Eight-year-old Linda moves to Italy with her unpredictable mother, where she befriends the sisters next door, Azzurra and Marta. Soon the girls form a close-knit trio, seeking freedom and trying to break away from the world of selfish and absent adults. Gossiping neighbours and a babysitter struggling with her queerness add their own flavours to the girls’ summer of 1997, when the world was very different from today.

The film’s lead roles are played by Mia Ferricelli, Agnese Scazza and Petra Scheggia, all making their screen debuts, who portray the growing pains of childhood and adolescence with conviction and sensitivity. The story unfolds from the girls’ perspective, and as their understanding grows, the true nature of the reality surrounding them gradually becomes clear to the viewer as well.

Mosquitoes, the debut feature by screenwriter-director sisters Valentina and Nicole Bertani, draws in part on their own childhood and adolescent memories, whose influence can be felt in the film’s personal tone.

Heikki Teuri, translation Espoo Ciné

Updated 2026-07-30 17:30:09 UTC