by Scott Roxborough

When famous actors take a stab at directing, the results tend to be a vanity project or a self-indulgent mess. So Honey, the directorial debut of Italian star Valeria Golino, is both a surprise and an unexpected delight. The drama, about a dedicated activist for assisted suicide, is mature and startlingly cinematic.

The film stars Jasmine Trinca (The Son's Room, The Best of Youth) as Irene, code-named Miele (Honey), whose efforts to help terminally ill patients die takes an increasingly harsh psychological toll. The breaking point comes when she meets Carlo Grimaldi (played by the Italian stage actor Carlo Cecchi), who is not ill, just sick of living, and wants Miele to help kill him.

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