简介：Whathappensafteryearsofmakingdocumentaries?ForChristinaVandekerckhove,whomadewavesin2017withRabot,apowerfuldocumentaryaboutthelastresidentsofthreesocialhousingtowers,theansweristhatcertainreal-lifeencounters,situations,andpeoplelingerinyourmind."TheybecamethesparkforMilano,"Vandekerckhoveadmittedin2023."Therestisimagination."Inherfictiondebut-thoughheraward-winningshortfilmsMiaandStellawereearlystepsinthisdirection-theGhentfilmmakerfocusesonAlain(playedbyMatteoSimoni),asinglefatherraisinghisdeafsonMilano(newcomerBasilWheatley)inasocialhousingneighborhood.AsAlainstrivestocreateabetterlifeforhis11-year-oldson,theirrelationshipisstrainedwhenMilanoexpressesadesiretomeethisbiologicalmotherandfindssupportinawealthyneighbor.Milanoisanemotionalandpoeticexplorationofparenthoodandfriendship,blendingtherawnessofrealitywiththesensitivityoffiction.…