'' La Pivellina '' ( The Little One ) is a 2009 Austrian feature film debut directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel . The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors ' Fortnight , where it has been awarded the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film . Abandoned in a park , the two-year-old girl Asia is found by Patty , a circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer park in San Basilio on the outskirts of Rome . With the help of Tairo , a teenager who lives with his grandma in an adjacent container , Patti gives the girl a new home for an uncertain period of time . However , Walter is concerned that they may be accused of kidnapping the girl , and he plans to report Asia 's presence to the police
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
La Pivellina