A 22-year-old interviews strangers to escape himself—and his mother.
Paolo is a 22-year-old boy and experiences a constant sense of inadequacy and ineptitude, due to his complex relationship with his mother, unaware of his homosexuality, and to the conflict he has with his hometown, Lanciano. Driven by a great desire for emancipation, he decides not to give up and to interview those who have remained in the province and continue to fight just like him.
Direction
Sideri turns self-interrogation into cinematic essay.
Writing
Interviews as mirrors—every question about someone else is really about him.
Director
Paolo Sideri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 40-minute runtime is radical honesty: Sideri knew exactly how much of his navel-gazing we could stomach.
Lanciano represents Italy's 'provincia'—towns where everyone knows your business but nobody says gay out loud.
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