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Fortunata (2017) is an Italian drama directed by Sergio Castellitto that you can watch online on iFILM. Jasmine Trinca plays the title character — a young Roman hairdresser and single mother clawing her way toward one goal: owning her own salon. A failed marriage and a string of daily setbacks have not broken her, but they have worn down everything around her.

When a child psychologist, played by Stefano Accorsi, steps into her orbit, something shifts. For the first time Fortunata has someone who actually listens. What follows is not a fairy tale — it is a film about the cost of wanting more than what life has handed you, told through a daughter who watches her mother with clear eyes and no illusions.

Trinca picked up the Best Performance prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes 2017 for this role — carrying a film that works precisely because it resists tying anything up neatly. Stream Fortunata (2017) online on iFILM.