Tensione Superficiale is a 2019 Italian drama directed by Giovanni Aloi in which a young Italian mother living in a small mountain community in Austria has been secretly working as a part-time prostitute to make ends meet — completely unknown to her family and neighbors. When her secret is finally exposed, the tight-knit community turns on her with vicious hostility, the scandal consuming her son and her partner as well. Rather than collapsing under the weight of it all, the woman stands her ground — and through the painful process of being exposed and judged, both her son and her partner are forced to confront their own prejudices and ultimately come to accept her for who she truly is.