F A M I L Y

Broken, tragicomic, cruel but inescapable. Family in Italian cinema, is a love-and-hatred place nobody is able to live without.   It has multiple meanings…

THE ‘HAPPILY EVER AFTER’ DOES NOT LIVE IN ITALIAN LITERATURE         THE DAYS OF ABANDONMENT (2002) Elena Ferrante Narrated by a woman, like…

Giovanni Battista Moroni became the first modern painter thanks to a bloody family feud   Never paint a family portrait if you want to…

  THE HECTIC LIFE OF A CITY BANKER LEAVES NO SPACE FOR BUILDING A NEST   Think family. What’s the first thing you associate…

 BUT DO MEN LIKE IT?         Their Italian counterparts, struggling with higher unemployment rates, spend three times the hours men do…

Born and bred in Sicily, but also in Rome and London. Documentary photographer because concern and sensitivity lead him to explore and start a dialogue with…

ITALIAN ROYAL ANCESTRY: EMANUELE FILIBERTO In Italy, a prince’s CV is valued on the number of TV appearances he makes. Aside from Amedeo and…

TWO FATHERS, TWO MOTHERS OR A SINGLE PARENT  – DOES IT REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? Two is a couple, yes. But it can be…

THE N’DRANGHETA’S FAMILY KNOTS.   The ’ndrangheta is a mafia type organization which originally emerged in Calabria, in Italy’s Southern region. For a long time the organization was…

THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MOTHERHOOD IS… BLOGGING   Mothers are not what they used to be. Today, instead of spending their mornings preparing tomato…