Emanuele Macone

In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.

Aspiring writer Tommaso makes a living by penning the self-help column of a women's magazine. One day he receives a letter from a reader asking for advice on how to break up with her man: it is none other than Zoe, his partner of ten years, unaware of his pseudonymous side job. Tommaso can't believe his eyes and answers her in private to learn more.

Six stories about childhood, set in six different decades, from the 50s to today, bound to each other by a mystery.

The film tells the life of the young Genoese poet and patriot Goffredo Mameli, who died in battle in Rome at the age of 21, in 1849. In addition to being one of the main exponents of the Risorgimento.

Cornelia, a famous environmental influencer, travels around the city during the night looking for a place to connect on live TV where, due to a heated argument with the host, she leaves her telephone number as a provocation. The move turns out to be disastrous: he receives countless threatening calls and insults from the haters. In the middle of the night, he uncovers dark secrets about his family, questioning his life and relationships. The tension reaches a climax when her personal difficulties are reflected in a deep crisis with her daughter, leading her to face the price of fame and the painful truths that come with it.

It is a sensory journey that transforms Huysmans' novel into a visionary cinematic experience.Giovanni, a young aesthete fleeing the world, into a labyrinthine villa where past and present dissolve into a flow of images and illusion.