Lorenzo Conte

Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.

Global politics in a fairytale nutshell: the eternal struggle between the ruling elite and the underclass, condemned to ignorance.

A college student gets caught up in a spiral that leads him to become a real Mafia godfather.

Starting from Allende's last speech to the nation and recalling the events of 11 September 1973 which led to the Pinochet dictatorship, the project is conceived for the use of archival materials which attempt to subvert the ineluctability of history, on a imaginary line of “ehat if” hypotheses as opposed to the reality of the facts. A project that wants to be a source of memory and reflection for today, in an era of sovereignty and the return of fascism not only in Latin America, but throughout the world.

SAND ROADS is a journey told in two chapters - one filled with the spirit of youth; the other imbued with the weight of adulthood - showing the eternal struggle for self-discovery, adventure and how friendships can transcend life itself.