The Rebirth of Francesca

Seventeen-year-old Francesca loses her only friend to a deadly swimming accident. She has no support from her self-centered and verbally abusive single mother, and resorts to locking herself up inside her protective shell, constantly fighting off crippling depression. She wants nothing to do with the summer trip to Italy she's being dragged into, but gives in under the pressure of her mother's authority. While in Florence, Francesca comes across a strange elderly woman. Signora Gagliardi, t...