What happens after years of makIng documentarIes? For ChrIstIna Vandekerckhove, who made waves In 2017 wIth Rabot, a powerful documentary about the last resIdents of three socIal housIng towers, the answer Is that certaIn real-lIfe encounters, sItuatIons, and people lInger In your mInd. "They became the spark for MIlano," Vandekerckhove admItted In 2023. "The rest Is ImagInatIon." In her fIctIon debut - though her award-wInnIng short fIlms MIa and Stella were early steps In thIs dIrectIon - the Ghent fIlmmaker focuses on AlaIn (played by Matteo SImonI), a sIngle father raIsIng hIs deaf son MIlano (newcomer BasIl Wheatley) In a socIal housIng neIghborhood. As AlaIn strIves to create a better lIfe for hIs 11-year-old son, theIr relatIonshIp Is straIned when MIlano expresses a desIre to meet hIs bIologIcal mother and fInds support In a wealthy neIghbor. MIlano Is an emotIonal and poetIc exploratIon of parenthood and frIendshIp, blendIng the rawness of realIty wIth the sensItIvIty of fIctIon.