Another gritty tale from the Camorra-infested Neapolitan hinterlands, The Vice of Hope (Il vizio della Speranza) follows on the heels of Edoardo De Angelis’ acclaimed Indivisible, the story of exploited conjoined twins. If the bleak setting is familiar enough, here there is no hint of camaraderie or joie de vivre, no back-and-forth banter, no kitschy costumes and music to liven up the abject poverty that surrounds the young Maria, pregnant with a fatherless child. It’s a more conventional film in many ways; more realistic perhaps, despite its blatant stabs at symbolism. But without the imaginative fantasy of its predecessor, it looks ...