A fragmented collection of letters tells the story of Elio’s passage from adolescence to adulthood. Elio is a restless and disobedient Italian 18-year-old fellow who lives his youth between cheating and betrayals during the swinging 60s.

biografia

Stefano P. Testa was born in 1988. He lives and works in Bergamo (Italy) as a camera operator, video editor, colorist and post-production technician. Since 2010 he has been collaborating with Lab 80 film in documentary films production and with Bergamo Film Meeting, in charge of the festival audiovisual communication. In 2017 he worked as the editor of Colombi and Pierino. The former was presented at the 73rd edition of Mostra del Cinema in Venice; the latter at Dok Leipzig. He is the director of Moloch, winner of the Best Documentary Award at 23rd Visioni Italiane in Bologna. In 2019 he is a member of the jury of the international short competition at the Lucca Film Festival. In 2020 his second feature, The Second Principle of Hans Liebschner, won the Prospettive Award at the Filmmaker Film Festival in Milan, the Popular Jury Award at the Linea D’Ombra Film Festival in Salerno, the Audience Award and Best Editing Award at Documentaria in Palermo.

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