Is it still possible to imagine the future?
Davide and Paola are thinking of having a child. That thought stays with them as they set off on a work trip to document humanity’s impact on the landscape. Davide begins to talk to an imaginary child, whilst Paola seeks answers in the reality she encounters. Between urgency and desire, the question becomes a quest, and the quest a possibility.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
Paola and I are a couple, both in life and at work.
We belong to that generation of millennials who believe themselves to be eternally young.
Having grown up with the hope of a bright future and the heavy legacy of a revolution that never happened, we now find ourselves facing a life that seems unstable, in a world that appears to be crumbling around us.
The birth rate in Europe, particularly in Italy, is in freefall…
Paola and I have really asked ourselves: does it make sense to bring a child into the world these days?
Il Grande Buco is at once an intimate documentary, an autofiction with caustic humour, and a journey through today’s Italy. Images of the present and archive footage, used in a dreamlike manner, regularly intertwine, allowing us to move from the real world to an imaginary universe.
My voiceover addresses an unborn child and weaves the narrative of a cinematic tale in the style of a personal diary: ironic, tender, yet also bittersweet.
I show the imaginary child who we are, our life, and what surrounds us.
My reflections and those of Paola meet the different perspectives of others: friends, parents, but also people encountered during the long journey across Italy, during which Paola and I attempt to document humanity’s devastating impact on the landscape.
The film, which began with an intimate, personal and couple-centred question, almost immediately ceases to be a matter concerning the desire for parenthood, and becomes a collective and political act, to overcome the fears of an entire generation and start imagining the future once more.