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Diego walks the streets on his way home from the office. Suddenly, under a bridge he is walking through, a stranger stops him and asks for a cigarette. The stranger receives a "NO" as an answer, and he takes the gun out from the pocket and points it to Diego's head showing himself as a robber. The stranger commands him to give him the mobile phone. Diego at this point pulls out the headphones from his ears and organizes it with the phone in order to give it to him on time while laying it ahead. The stranger by mistake and rushing takes the headphones instead of the phone so Diego understands that it was for the stranger his first time and counts until three seconds as he was counting the three steps that the stranger is going to. As soon as he finishes the count, he calls him and mentioned the mistake, so the stranger stops himself and goes back commanding him to have the mobile phone, which he takes and goes for the second time. But Diego is having fun with that and decides to play him again, so he calls him again and asks him if he wants the wallet. The stranger goes back to him and commands for the wallet. Diego at this point understands that he has got him psychologically while taking the wallet from his inside pocket and so he drops it on the floor. Diego kneels himself in order to pick it up and ask him if he could introduce him so they introduce each other but Ciccio (his nickname) feels awkward about the situation and wants to go away. Diego still plays games with him until he becomes angrier and starts losing control of his actions but mostly to start confessing. The same evening, Ciccio opens himself to him asking him help to talk and Diego asks him questions to understand his situation and to see where he is able to help him. Diego understands what are the reasons why he is behaving like this, and being the person he is actually not. Ciccio explains to him that he is from a family background of thieves and because of necessity he must do things that doesn't make him comfortable in the first place. However, Diego understands and comforts him, giving him hints about what he has noticed in him from the first minute he met him so Diego decides to help him, offering him sessions into his studio after the working hours he could make in his office. After that meeting, the life of Francesco (full name) radically changes, in fact after he is walking out from the building where the studio is, a stranger comes to him and asks for a cigarette and sees himself how he was before.
Director(s): Al Fenderico
Writer(s): Al Fenderico
Cast: Al Fenderico, Gabriele Moio, Giovanni Laprea, Tommaso Matteo Fenderico
Subjects: Brotherhood, Community, Crime, Depression, Exploration, Friendship, Health, Mental Health, Poverty, Psychology
Tags: European Comedy Short Films, European Drama Short Films, European Short Films
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