Girl in Flight

Silvia, a determined 11-year-old girl from a small town in Tuscany, boards a train for Rome alone. When asked by a mother sitting nearby why she's alone, she responds "My parents are very modern and leave me to do what I wish." Two months earlier, Silvia's mother is incapacitated by a severe episode of recurring depression, and later, at her breaking point, Silvia gathers her things and leaves... alone. On the train, she meets Emina, a smart, defiant 13-year-old gypsy girl. When they arrive in Rome, Silvia follows Emina as she disappears inside Rome's vast central train station.