Francesco Bovara

The Talafì is a fishing boat that cannot fish. A place crushed by the unstoppable noise of its engine, of its work. On board, three sailors seek space for their desires. But on the Talafì, humanity does not exist, there are only those who abuse and those who are abused.

Francesco and Maurizio, two young gardeners with no ambitions and an uncertain future, are the only witnesses to an apparently unmotivated murder that disrupts the social dynamics of an otherwise respectable City.

The 100-year history of the Sambenedettese Club - a football team from a small town on the Adriatic Sea that, in the 1970s, came close to reaching Serie A. The sports narrative intertwines with the political one, telling, from the unique perspective of the Italian province.

Two brothers are in conflict over the way the Venetian lagoon has been transformed, and the identity of the city and its residents has drastically changed.