Giacinto and Simonetta

Giacinto and his sister Simonetta have special abilities that deeply connect them to nature. When one day, while searching for prehistoric fossils, Simonetta finds an antique from World War II and touches it, the memories and sensations evoked by the contact trigger a depressive episode. Giacinto will try to help her.

Cast

Alessandra Graziano

as Simonetta

Matteo Ferro

as Giacinto

Elisa Merchiori

as Narrator

Lia Tamburriello

as The mother

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