Giovanni Merlini

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.

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.

On the way to the supermarket, a family discusses the history of the old zoo in Poznan, Poland, and Darwin’s absurd fear of peacocks.