Life Cinema

Daniela struggles with the traumas of a troubled past, while Massimo conceals unspeakable secrets behind his talent as a pianist, which has earned him the nickname Golden Hands. Their chance meeting at Pachanga on a Lazio beach in winter will change the direction of their lives. Their stolen glances, awkward silences, and attraction to one another will spark a relationship that rekindles hope that they can turn their lives around. While they take refuge in each other, however, the ghosts from the past are waiting to pounce. And when they do, nothing will go the way they expected. An existential noir about guilt and innocence, fate, and a desperate will to live.

A slacker who does his best to avoid confrontation strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly forces his way into his life.

Francesco is an introverted guy, born in a small village surrounded by nature in the mountains of Calabria. He grows up with Mimmo, his best friend, with whom he shares everything until adolescence. One day he finds a book, which becomes almost a magical object that will change the course of his life. Francesco has a dream and he will find the courage to pursue it against everything and everyone: not only the society around him, that makes him feel trapped in a labyrinth of unwritten psychological and social rules, but also against Mimmo.

Juso per ferie is an affectionate, ironic, and unbridled documentary that traces the human and cinematic journey of Galliano Juso, an unconventional producer, tireless seeker of stories, talent scout, and visionary pioneer of Italian genre cinema.