Un giorno della vita

Hamid, a 25-year-old boy, survived the escape from Eritrea, with the intention of arriving in Switzerland by his brother Yemane, but Natale, a Sicilian fisherman, advises him not to continue the journey as an illegal immigrant and with his wife, they decide to host him at their restaurant, in exchange for help in the kitchen. After Hamid's long journey through Italy and numerous adversities, he manages to reach Basel ...

As if opening the pages of a personal and exclusive diary, David Cronenberg generously opens up, retracing his life and the works that have made him one of the greats of cinema. Through an honest and disarming narrative, the filmmaker reveals the deep roots of an imagination that has influenced and transformed entire generations of viewers and directors.