Gianluca has a very vague memory of his father, who died when he was little. There is little talk about it in the family and on the other hand there are other problems to face, since his cousin Laura ended up in prison, they told him, for a traffic dispute. With her mother, the boy goes to visit her often and his adolescence is punctuated by conversations in the visiting room, by the mysterious allusions of the guards, by a climate of secrecy and suspicion. He will discover that Laura, in reality, is among those responsible for the kidnapping which then led to the killing of Aldo Moro: she was his “prisoner”. And above all she is not Gianluca’s cousin: she is his sister. How do you grow up, how do you find your way, when half your life turns out to be a lie? Precisely the relationship with Laura, however complicated by silences and bars, will be a key for him to lead his gaze and then her steps towards other possible destinies. This is the story of a family and of a sentimental and political education, but it is also the story of a generation, the last to face the temptation of armed struggle.
24 Apr 2024
