At the heart of this film lies the encounter between the mystery of Claudio, a figure I’ve seen and known since childhood, his painful, personal story, and a way of storytelling that blends the real and the imagined until it becomes indistinguishable from the act of writing itself. Perhaps it’s in this intertwining, between what was and what could have been, that the film found its deepest emotional resonance. I shot in remote locations from my childhood, hard to reach but deeply familiar, which gave the project an intimate, personal weight. I handled the writing, filming, directing, and editing, with support from Ring Film during development and the editing process. 5e6film and Andromeda Film later joined during post-production. The short features non-professional actors and is performed in the Brescian dialect.