There are love stories that last a lifetime. Then there are those that seem to last forever. Enrico Berlinguer passed away on June 11, 1984 in Padua, over 40 years ago. His funeral was the largest in Italian history, with over 2 million people arriving in Rome from all over the country. The emotion, the pain and the explosion of love of those days led the actor Roberto Benigni to say that in those days the firmament was burning.
And in fact, many had the feeling that everything was over with his death. Yet Enrico Berlinguer continues to be the most beloved political leader of all time. Loved by those who lived his political season, but also by those born many years after his death. How is it possible? Why a politician who died when the world was still divided into two blocks is still so loved in Italy?
Pierpaolo Farina, born in 1989, discovered his figure at 18 and in 2009 founded the first website on the former communist leader. In his directorial debut, Farina tells this long love story, starting from what is considered by everyone "the end", his funeral.
Through the testimonies of those who were there, from his daughter Laura to the actress Lella Costa, to former party officials such as Aldo Tortorella and Luciana Castellina, but above all to those who were not there, he reconstructs the human and political story of the communist leader.
The result is a unique intergenerational tale, which focuses on the reasons that make Enrico Berlinguer not only an example of good politics, but above all a life example for many young people born even 20 years after his death. And it shows how his ideas, his moral tension and his political passion can still help the many who do not resign themselves to the status quo and want to fight for a different society.