Tutti giù per terra (1997)

Walter Verra is a young man in his twenties who returns from Rome to Turin after 15 years, to his parents: his father, a factory worker of Tuscan origin, and his silent, depressed mother. He remains disoriented by the new reality of the Savoy city. Only his aunt Caterina remains an emotional point of reference for him, although she will live in the countryside outside Turin, and he cannot always be close to her. The young man enrolls in the Faculty of Philosophy at Palazzo Nuovo, but cannot accept the bureaucratic and pompous academic world. He lives life on his own terms, apathetically and cynically, like a young man unable to take on the responsibilities imposed on him by the adult world around him. After receiving his call-up for civilian service, he ends up at an assistance center frequented by nomads and non-EU immigrants, where he tries to make himself useful. But disillusionment and the difficulties arising from the complexities of the oppressive world around him will test his journey of growth, shaped by a salvific relationship with his aunt and by conflict with his father and mother.