Torino @ Berlino: Il mestiere die vivere [The Stressful Art of Living] [OmeU] IT, 2024, R: Giovanna Gagliardo, 90 Min

The documentary begins at the end: that is, on the weekend of August 26th/27th, 1950. Its the last, frantic day of Cesare Paveses life. He wanders through the deserted city, searches for friends he cannot find, writes, makes phone calls. On Sunday evening, he ends his life. This epilogue serves as the premise for telling another story. The story of a man, a writer, an intellectual who, in his short life, managed to create a new literary and cultural world that shaped the second half of the 20th century in Italy.