Tua figlia Anita

Tua figlia Anita – with a transparent and quiet prose, which paradoxically has something restless and disturbing about it – breaks the pattern of family ties, pulverises the unspoken, delves into the implicit. And it returns a sharp, moving, compassionate picture of a man and a woman who perhaps look like us. And they learn that to love is above all to come to terms with human imperfections. ‘A showdown without guns, made up of voices and distant calls… Narrowing the gap separating the living from the dead, the two worlds, finally brushing up against each other, establish the truce that preludes peace. The language is emotive yet dry, where words are expensive and only those necessary are used. Massari shows a maturity that leaves no room for sloppiness. A maturity that is the fruit of a culture that is never flaunted because it is authentic’. (Romana Petri)