Grain - Portrait of Fabio D'Emilio

The film chronicles composer and pianist Giovanni Allevi's return to the stage after a hiatus due to illness. The story explores his personal and artistic journey, highlighting his inner strength and the transformative power of art. It offers an intimate portrait of Allevi's challenges and victories as he prepares to reconnect with his audience through his music.

Veronica, a 16-year-old girl, is spending the Christmas holidays at her grandfather's in a small village in the Sicilian hinterland when a woman disappears and the fear of the monster who had sown terror in the area ten years earlier returns. The girl suddenly begins to feed a terrible suspicion: her own grandfather could be the culprit.

Niccolò, a forty-year-old man with a successful career and a desire to give back some of what he has received in his life, becomes the foster father of Federico, an eighteen-year-old with a difficult past who grew up in a community. A deep and complex relationship begins to develop between them, an emotional rollercoaster that never quite manages to find true balance.

Mimmo has always claimed to be Frank Sinatra’s son. When his cousin Andrea, an aspiring filmmaker, casts him as the lead in his graduation film, Mimmo sees it as the opportunity of a lifetime. The two set off on a journey through the singer’s supposed places of origin, in search of a relative willing to take a DNA test.