No Guilt

Valeria Bertucelli stars in and co-directs alongside Mora Elizalde this fascinating story of a successful writer’s fall from grace. Berta Muller (Bertucelli), a successful self-help writer, has just released a new book. To rest and have a digital detox, she decides to travel to Uruguay with her daughter, Olivia (Gaia Garibaldi), to the home of her friend and personal lawyer Carola (Cecilia Roth, All About My Mother). Her seemingly perfect life is completely shaken up when, at the peak of her career, she is accused of a significant case of plagiarism. As the scandal erupts, her life and works are picked apart by the media and people on social media. Far from assuming responsibility, she denies the accusations and tries to justify herself, even if it means exposing all her darkness and secrets. Exploring the relationships between women, individualism, social media and the curation of the self, No Guilt is a highly resonant tragicomedy that invites reflection on today’s society.