Matteo Bussola

Milo Manara revolutionized the comics imagination, liberating female desire through the protagonists of his comics. His career was marked by his encounter with Hugo Pratt, his mentor and companion, and by his exploration of the power of sex as a political act, culminating in the publication of Il gioco. His partnership with Federico Fellini redefined the boundaries between eroticism, cinema, and comics, and his unmistakable style made him a point of reference for entire generations.

Matteo, a forty-year-old cartoonist, divides his time between work and family and nurtures the dream of publishing his own comic book starring Solo Valentine, a selfish superhero who uses his powers only for himself. He is married to Paola, a successful writer. A pleasant family picture, with three daughters, Virginia (9), Ginevra (6), Melania (2), and two dogs, is thrown into crisis when Sara, an old acquaintance of Matteo's, reappears with an offer he cannot refuse: to publish his comic book on condition that he moves to Paris.