Through old photos, Francesco and Eloisa reconstruct the love story of their grandparents. In 1968 Prague, Maša, an exile, and Gianlorenzo, an Italian diplomat, fall in love just before the Russian occupation. They flee to Rome—but Maša is driven by an uncontrollable desire for freedom…

In Andree Lucini’s documentary, what begins as a gentle portrait of an ordinary Czech grandmother gradually reveals harsh truths about generational trauma. Through familial anecdotes and faded photographs, this engrossing short traces the jagged contours of an immigrant’s life in postwar Italy.