On May 3, 2021, Luana D’Orazio died at work at the age of just 22 at a textile factory in the province of Prato. The young woman was pulled into the gears of a warping machine that had been deliberately tampered with to increase productivity, without the victim’s knowledge. Several years after her tragic death, her family is still seeking justice. In Italy, where more than three people are killed on the job every day on average, Ernesto Pagano draws attention once again to the issue of workplace fatalities. While Italian cinema is increasingly less involved in the plight of the working class, Luana, ragazza offers a moving and delicate portrait of a young woman. It gives us an intimate glimpse into her dreams as well as into the struggle of her mother, Emma Marrazzo, to seek justice for Luana and all the victims of an industrial economic system that prioritises profit over people’s safety.