Nome di Donna, written by Marco Giordana and Cristiana Mainard 8 out of 10

Nome di Donna, written by Marco Giordana and Cristiana Mainard
8 out of 10


In the age of MeToo, films like Nome di Donna are educational and important because they tell the stories of women who suffer at the hands of men.

Cinemax is a channel worth paying for, since it offers the chance to see films like this one...
Together with many forgettable features.

Cristiana Capotondi is marvelous in the leading role of Nina.
She is a single mother who tries to find work.

The father of the girl has abandoned them before the baby was born.
Nina has a lover, a kind man, but she wants her independence.

She moved away from the city, to work in beautiful surroundings in a care home for elderly and sick people.
All seems well, until the protagonist is faced with a horrible choice.

She is adapting well to the new place, for she is a friendly, sociable, good looking woman.
One of the patients in particular, a former actress who receives - or just claims - a call from Collin Firth, inviting her to be his mother in Hamlet, becomes very attached to the heroine.

Indeed, when Nina would have legal problems, this actress plays a crucial role.
One day, the new employee is asked to work the night shift.

She is invited by the manager of this exclusive retirement home in her office.
This is where he talks about her looks, offering her a drink.

She refuses, but he insist and says:

Look at me...I am so excited 
And he points to his erection and pushes against the woman.

Nina runs away and stops with her bicycle at one of her colleagues.
She is furious that they had not warned her about what is going on.

When she contacts the syndicate, trade union, the abuses increase.
From puncturing the wheels of her bike to insults addressed to her and her daughter.

A judge rejects the case mad by the union lawyer.
Even worse, the protagonist is herself sued for defamation!

There are terrible days and it looks like the chauvinist pigs might win.
But other cases are found and eventually, there may be cameras installed in the den of the monster.

Like in the very good courtroom dramas, we will watch the battle unfold.
The brute has hired...a woman lawyer and he boasts about it as a sign of his...respect for females.

But this a Trump like figure, abusing his power - like that orange buffoon, who walked into the locker room at the beauty pageant he controlled, to see teenagers undress.
He then boasted about  "grabbing women by the pussy".

The world has many trumps and for some awful reason, some even get elected to the highest office.