Amata, based on the the novel by Ilaria Bernardini tells the story of Nunzia, a 19-year-old student who secretly gives birth to Margherita and leaves her in the hospital, unsure if she will reclaim her. At the same time, Maddalena, a 38-year- old architect struggling with infertility, is on the verge of adopting a child. In the ten days that follow, Margherita is held between two women—Nunzia, her biological mother, and Maddalena, the woman who may become her adoptive mother.

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