Maria and Giorgio (Iazua Larios, Fabio Troiano) live in a dormitory neighbourhood in the suburbs of Turin. She is young, a practising Catholic of Mexican origins who works as a nanny for Andreas and Laura Brandt (Bruno Todeschini, Ursina Lardi), owners of the factory where Giorgio, a 40-year-old rendered bitter by years and years of poverty, is night watchman. Despite their incompatible schedules, Maria and Giorgio are a solid couple, each supporting the other; their marriage seems to withstand even the impossibility of becoming parents because of his impotence.
Nevertheless, Maria becomes pregnant and decides to hide this from her husband hoping to protect their relationship. However, the consequent silences and reticence inevitably cause problems for the couple, pushing them apart. Making the situation worse is the imminent bankruptcy of the factory and their shared fear of losing their jobs – pushing both to find support elsewhere. Maria finds comfort with Father Salvatore (Alessio Lapice), a young priest who is fascinated by her candour and her “miraculous” pregnancy while Giorgio, after initial hostility, finds affection with Arlette (Christina Rosamilia), a trans sex worker who hangs out near the factory.
The Swiss director Luc Walpoth has positioned his Peripheric Love in a social context of the working class, immigration, class difference, that Turin is perhaps able to represent better than other Italian cities: and examines the unexpressed fears and desires of a world where the lower levels of the social system live in utter precariousness, instability, making them half-citizens. The six week shoot in Turin and surroundings included locations like the market of Porta Palazzo, the Church of Santa Pelagia, the OSLA factory in Pianezza and near the housing projects of via Farini.
The film also shot in Bogliasco, a borgo near the city of Genoa in Liguria, on the beach below the Stella Maris, streets, squares and the station.
Maria and Giorgio (Iazua Larios, Fabio Troiano) live in a dormitory neighbourhood in the suburbs of Turin. She is young, a practising Catholic of Mexican origins who works as a nanny for Andreas and Laura Brandt (Bruno Todeschini, Ursina Lardi), owners of the factory where Giorgio, a 40-year-old rendered bitter by years and years of poverty, is night watchman. Despite their incompatible schedules, Maria and Giorgio are a solid couple, each supporting the other; their marriage seems to withstand even the impossibility of becoming parents because of his impotence.
Nevertheless, Maria becomes pregnant and decides to hide this from her husband hoping to protect their relationship. However, the consequent silences and reticence inevitably cause problems for the couple, pushing them apart. Making the situation worse is the imminent bankruptcy of the factory and their shared fear of losing their jobs – pushing both to find support elsewhere. Maria finds comfort with Father Salvatore (Alessio Lapice), a young priest who is fascinated by her candour and her “miraculous” pregnancy while Giorgio, after initial hostility, finds affection with Arlette (Christina Rosamilia), a trans sex worker who hangs out near the factory.
The Swiss director Luc Walpoth has positioned his Peripheric Love in a social context of the working class, immigration, class difference, that Turin is perhaps able to represent better than other Italian cities: and examines the unexpressed fears and desires of a world where the lower levels of the social system live in utter precariousness, instability, making them half-citizens. The six week shoot in Turin and surroundings included locations like the market of Porta Palazzo, the Church of Santa Pelagia, the OSLA factory in Pianezza and near the housing projects of via Farini.
The film also shot in Bogliasco, a borgo near the city of Genoa in Liguria, on the beach below the Stella Maris, streets, squares and the station.
Maria, an immigrant of Mexican origin, is pregnant but she decides to hide the news from her impotent husband Giorgio fearing that he will doubt her fidelity. Plagued by suspicions and nostalgia, they both end up searching affection elsewhere. The mystery of this inexplicable event, however, provides the opportunity to explore their feelings in depth. There they discover that his trust in her will prevent them from losing each other.
