An intense and passionate insight into the world of Atalanta, the “queen of the provincials” turned into the “queen of Europe”, which comes about during the most important and decisive week for the so-called Goddess, that of the Coppa Italia Final against Juventus and the impossible clash with the “invincibles” of Leverkusen, in the historic Dublin Europa League final, to embrace historic and iconic moments of the Club, such as the Percassi presidency, the Gasperini era and the inauguration of the new stadium. An exclusive and romantic journey, for those who love football, sport and the freedom to dream.

Director's note

The idea for the film stems from a parallel (and a feeling): in April 1988, Atalanta, despite playing in Serie B, were playing at home, in a packed stadium, in the second leg of the Cup Winners' Cup semifinal against Belgian side Mechelen. Again in Bergamo, in 2024, they were playing the second leg of the Europa League semifinal against Marseille, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Thirty years earlier, despite the disappointment, they had settled for defeat, such was the satisfaction, for a provincial team, of reaching that milestone: a small trophy nonetheless. For several generations, that match has remained iconic: memories of a packed stadium, everyone on their feet, dreaming of something that would perhaps never happen again... and so it was said of an Atalanta that, from "queen of the provincials," for a season, had touched the dream of entering the Olympus of the greats. Now, with a completely different path, different players, and different premises, they could defeat the "ghost of Mechelen" and reach the final: but would it have been enough? Would Atalanta, Bergamo, the fans, and the club really be satisfied with just reaching the final? Was reaching a final really enough of a "trophy" to be happy with? No. Atalanta now had to try, they had to try to win so as not to remain eternally "beautiful and unfinished." Especially since just seven days earlier, they had lost their third Coppa Italia final in five years. And even though they were facing the unbeatable Bayer Leverkusen, who hadn't lost in 51 games. Atalanta reached that final and deservedly won a trophy as long-awaited as it was unexpected. That week truly becomes the paradigm of a journey: you can start even from the greatest difficulties and extremely negative moments—for example, the arrival of Percassi in 2010, who took over Atalanta in Serie B, or Gasperini in 2016, who lost his first games at the helm of Atalanta—but the spirit of the people of Bergamo has remained the same over the years: that of being good people, capable of rolling up their sleeves, committing, working, and, aware of their own abilities, starting to look beyond and thus being free to dream. Big. Here, finally, is the trophy, real, prestigious, to touch and raise to the sky. The fruit of a journey, a mix of daily commitment and future planning, constant work and enlightened vision, like the two souls of a city known everywhere as "divided" between high and low, but which, in its Faith for Atalanta, unites. Because Bergamo is Atalanta, and Atalanta is Bergamo.