Blood Tender

The sky is a bloody gold and there are riots in the streets the night that Marlena arrives in Sicily. A damaged English girl- with her head full of secrets - she's here to dance. Rather, to at Mickey's, a down-at-heel bar on the rough edges of Catania. One night at the local club, a heart-stopping encounter with Jula - whose hidden pride is his Romany blood - transforms Marlena's life. But as she's drawn into a chilling relationship with Paulo and his psychotic friends, Marlena is caught in the crossfire of anti-gypsy fury and right-wing politics. Marlena is humiliated in an act of vengeance against Jula's gypsy heritage and in desperation, she travels through Italy, working the darkest corners of nondescript towns. Will her impassioned letters to Jula get through - or will she become trapped in this dangerous netherworld?