Fistful of Flies (1997)

3.7/10 • 84 min • Thriller Drama

Overview

Sixteen-year-old Mars wants more from her life than just a fistful of flies which, to her, is a fistful of nothing. Stifled and dominated by her family, Mars just wants to be free. Denied relationships with the people who truly understand her, Mars battles her family on her own, and in her quest to be treated as a grown-up she gives her mother the courage to act and forces her father to make the choice of his life. A story about how a young girl finally finds the courage to have faith in herself.

Cast

Dina Panozzo

Tasma Walton

Maria (Mars) Lupi

Maria Venuti

Anna Volska

Nanna

Tony Poli

Rachael Maza Long

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