THE PROTAGONIST
Sandro begins writing his memories in 2020. Several drafts will follow over time, which also serve as an exercise for him to keep his memory sharp. Right from the start, Sandro describes incredible episodes that happened to him from childhood, of which no one in the family was aware. Giacomo, taken by surprise, begins to delve deeper and asks Sandro to add details and specifics each time. These are stories that range from sharp irony to drama and comedy; stories that are also a pleasure to read given Sandro the journalist’s essential, incisive, and effective style. The choice of episodes to film was based on identifying which of these tales left a stronger emotional mark on Sandro. And that they thus remain more vividly impressed in his mind, precisely because they are capable of evoking even today an emotion that transcends the passage of time.