AnoldergaycoupleinacityinnorthernItalytalkabouttheirdecades-longrelationship.Amandescribeshowhewasphysicallyabusedbyhisfatherbecauseofhissexualidentity.Another,whohadahigh-flyingcareer,recountsasexuallyfulfilledlifeandmentionsnumeroushomosexualpoliticians.GaymenfromacrossthesocialclassesandregionsofthecountryhavetheirsayanddiscussthedifferentconditionswhichdeterminedgaylifeinItaly.Theirstoriesrecallisolation,discrimination,sufferingandviolence,butalsorevealdesignsforahappylife.Thereisadiscomfitingandcontroversialdiscrepancybetweentherealityoftheindividualaccountsandthemediacoverage.Thelatteroftenportraysgaypeoplewithadiscriminatoryironyorismanipulatingandvitriolic,especiallywhereintellectualsareconcerned.WithFelicechièdiverso,GianniAmeliorelatesagayhistoryofItalysincefascisttimes.Hisanthropologicalstudybecomesaculturalhistoryofthecountry.Hisanalysisofsocialconditionsisbothmovingandenragingandrefusestoallowtheaudiencetoremainindifferent.(Berlinale2014)