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It all begins in the most intimate way; the first scene is set in the bathroom: Dario (Riccardo Scamarcio) is bathing his son Enrico (Andrea Aggio), who has a severe disability, in the tub, while his wife sits on the toilet to pee.<\/p>\n

It takes just a few seconds to draw the viewer into that room, into that difficult, everyday family story.<\/p>\n

It is with this intimate and powerful image that the Italian film \u201cI figli della scimmia\u201d opens\u2014the debut feature by promising director Tommaso Landucci, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Damiano Femfert. The film was presented in competition in the \u201cOrizzonti\u201d section at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it received prolonged applause and a standing ovation at its premiere. The film unfolds slowly, accompanying the protagonists through their days, in which no extraordinary events occur but rather the raw, unvarnished everyday life of a family is portrayed\u2014so much so that it feels as though we are right there with them, thanks to the film\u2019s highly realistic depiction, day after day, of the taboos and struggles each character carries with them.<\/p>\n

You can feel the full weight of the burden that Dario and his wife bear. 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\r\n\r\nIt all begins in the most intimate way; the first scene is set in the bathroom: Dario (Riccardo Scamarcio) is bathing his son Enrico (Andrea Aggio), who has a severe disability, in the tub, while his wife sits on the toilet to pee.\r\n\r\nIt takes just a few seconds to draw the viewer into that room, into that difficult, everyday family story.\r\n\r\nIt is with this intimate and powerful image that the Italian film \u201cI figli della scimmia\u201d opens\u2014the debut feature by promising director Tommaso Landucci, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Damiano Femfert. The film was presented in competition in the \u201cOrizzonti\u201d section at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it received prolonged applause and a standing ovation at its premiere. The film unfolds slowly, accompanying the protagonists through their days, in which no extraordinary events occur but rather the raw, unvarnished everyday life of a family is portrayed\u2014so much so that it feels as though we are right there with them, thanks to the film\u2019s highly realistic depiction, day after day, of the taboos and struggles each character carries with them.\r\n\r\nYou can feel the full weight of the burden that Dario and his wife bear. The film, in fact, takes a deep look at disability\u2014a situation everyone would like to avoid in life\u2014showing what it entails for those who must deal with it every day, learning to interpret their son\u2019s cries, and facing the\r\n\r\n<\/div>","introduzione_source":{"label":"Introduction","type":"wysiwyg","formatted_value":"
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It all begins in the most intimate way; the first scene is set in the bathroom: Dario (Riccardo Scamarcio) is bathing his son Enrico (Andrea Aggio), who has a severe disability, in the tub, while his wife sits on the toilet to pee.<\/p>\n

It takes just a few seconds to draw the viewer into that room, into that difficult, everyday family story.<\/p>\n

It is with this intimate and powerful image that the Italian film \u201cI figli della scimmia\u201d opens\u2014the debut feature by promising director Tommaso Landucci, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Damiano Femfert. The film was presented in competition in the \u201cOrizzonti\u201d section at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where it received prolonged applause and a standing ovation at its premiere. The film unfolds slowly, accompanying the protagonists through their days, in which no extraordinary events occur but rather the raw, unvarnished everyday life of a family is portrayed\u2014so much so that it feels as though we are right there with them, thanks to the film\u2019s highly realistic depiction, day after day, of the taboos and struggles each character carries with them.<\/p>\n

You can feel the full weight of the burden that Dario and his wife bear. The film, in fact, takes a deep look at disability\u2014a situation everyone would like to avoid in life\u2014showing what it entails for those who must deal with it every day, learning to interpret their son\u2019s cries, and facing the<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},"paragrafi_articolo":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"As Aesop told the story: A monkey had two babies...","testo_paragrafo":"

\r\n\r\nAlthough the film centers on the theme of disability\u2014featuring a real person with a disability in the lead role\u2014it is primarily about parenthood.\r\n\r\nDario devotes a great deal of attention to his son, but he also has a wonderful relationship with his teenage grandson Giacomo (Tancredi Naldini), who has entered a rebellious phase\u2014a necessary step in forging his own identity.\r\n\r\nIn a web of projections and unspoken desires, Dario finds in his nephew the son he always wanted and takes on the role of the father he could have been, ultimately upsetting not only his own equilibrium but also that of the entire family.\r\n\r\nThe film\u2019s title draws inspiration from an Aesop\u2019s fable: the story of a monkey who had two young but loved and nurtured only her favorite, neglecting the other. Unlike the fable, however, the film focuses on the story of a parent torn between two \u201cchildren\u201d\u2014the real one and the ideal one: \u201cIt is the story of an intimate, inevitable conflict that constantly challenges the fragile balance between generosity and selfishness, love and desire, acceptance and regret,\u201d \u2014said the director\u2014There is a taboo, something \u2018unspeakable,\u2019 that fascinated me because it concerns the deepest and most intimate experience of parenthood: no father and no mother wants to have a child with a disability. This does not call into question the love that parents of people with disabilities feel for their children, but even though a child turns one\u2019s life upside down regardless,\r\n\r\n<\/div>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":21637,"id":21637,"title":"scimmia uno","filename":"scimmia-uno.jpeg","filesize":116186,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-son-id-like-to-have-and-the-one-i-have-a-fathers-story\/scimmia-uno-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"scimmia-uno-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21743,"date":"2026-09-11 12:16:31","modified":"2026-09-16 14:12:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2480,"height":1772,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-300x214.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":214,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-768x549.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1791x1280.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":572,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1536x1097.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-2048x1463.jpeg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1463,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1320x943.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":943}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"Imagining Another Life","testo_paragrafo":"
\r\n\r\nReflecting on this, Landucci wondered what would happen to a father if he suddenly found himself face to face with the son he had always longed to have.\r\n\r\nIn the film, Dario\u2019s life unfolds amid monotonous days, while that of his brother Roberto (Fausto Russo Alesi) seems thrown into turmoil by the possibility that his son might fail a grade\u2014a boy who doesn\u2019t apply himself in school and no longer even wants to play the instrument he\u2019s been studying for years. Here the dichotomy emerges: Dario, who\u2014burdened with problems\u2014would have every right to complain, endures in silence, while his brother, who could be living a peaceful life, sees problems around every corner.\r\n\r\nSoon, like his uncle, his nephew develops a passion for trial motorcycles, and they begin to go on rides together\u2014experiences Dario had always wanted to share with Enrico, who is instead confined to a wheelchair and with whom he cannot communicate.\r\n\r\nIn fact, when Dario takes Giacomo to a race and introduces him to his friends, he leads them to believe that Giacomo is his son.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":21639,"id":21639,"title":"ascimmiaquattro small","filename":"ascimmiaquattro-small-scaled.jpeg","filesize":529172,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-scaled.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-son-id-like-to-have-and-the-one-i-have-a-fathers-story\/ascimmiaquattro-small-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"ascimmiaquattro-small-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21743,"date":"2026-09-11 12:18:41","modified":"2026-09-16 14:12:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-300x200.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-768x512.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1920x1280.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":533,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1536x1025.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-2048x1366.jpeg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1366,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1320x880.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":880}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"Between Desire and Shame","testo_paragrafo":"Here lies the flaw, the wound that slowly comes to light\u2014that of someone who lacks the courage to shout that he would have wanted a different life, but who silently carries on each day, accepting what fate has in store for him. Scamarcio, who also produced the film, brings out the great dignity that defines the character in his performance.\r\n\r\nJuggling his time between his grandson and his son\u2014whom he helps bathe and feeds by hand, promising him that when he turns 18 he\u2019ll let him drink beer\u2014Dario is soon accused by his brother of being a superficial man who laughs at everything: but what if it\u2019s precisely his quick wit that saves him from the abyss? A down-to-earth man, portrayed with tenderness and indulgence, Dario is the first to realize that the hardest part of fatherhood lies in accepting that children aren\u2019t what you imagine them to be. And the moment he realizes he\u2019s tried to live another life\u2014one that, for a moment, seemed lighter and more normal\u2014he breaks down, filled with regret and shame.\r\n\r\nThe screenplay has already won the Grand Prize at the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab, the 2021 Franco Solinas Award for Best Screenplay, and the Grand Prize at the 2025 Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab. The film, one of the most acclaimed in the Orizzonti section and set to be released in theaters on September 17, has left its mark for its sensitivity\u2014free of sentimentality\u2014and for the dose of reality it has managed to portray in a world now permeated by the idea of perfection.","multimedia":"video","video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zlyif_CShws","immagine_paragrafo":false,"didascalia":""}],"paragrafi_articolo_source":{"label":"Article Paragraphs","type":"repeater","formatted_value":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"As Aesop told the story: A monkey had two babies...","testo_paragrafo":"
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Although the film centers on the theme of disability\u2014featuring a real person with a disability in the lead role\u2014it is primarily about parenthood.<\/p>\n

Dario devotes a great deal of attention to his son, but he also has a wonderful relationship with his teenage grandson Giacomo (Tancredi Naldini), who has entered a rebellious phase\u2014a necessary step in forging his own identity.<\/p>\n

In a web of projections and unspoken desires, Dario finds in his nephew the son he always wanted and takes on the role of the father he could have been, ultimately upsetting not only his own equilibrium but also that of the entire family.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s title draws inspiration from an Aesop\u2019s fable: the story of a monkey who had two young but loved and nurtured only her favorite, neglecting the other. Unlike the fable, however, the film focuses on the story of a parent torn between two \u201cchildren\u201d\u2014the real one and the ideal one: \u201cIt is the story of an intimate, inevitable conflict that constantly challenges the fragile balance between generosity and selfishness, love and desire, acceptance and regret,\u201d \u2014said the director\u2014There is a taboo, something \u2018unspeakable,\u2019 that fascinated me because it concerns the deepest and most intimate experience of parenthood: no father and no mother wants to have a child with a disability. This does not call into question the love that parents of people with disabilities feel for their children, but even though a child turns one\u2019s life upside down regardless,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":21637,"id":21637,"title":"scimmia uno","filename":"scimmia-uno.jpeg","filesize":116186,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-son-id-like-to-have-and-the-one-i-have-a-fathers-story\/scimmia-uno-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"scimmia-uno-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21743,"date":"2026-09-11 12:16:31","modified":"2026-09-16 14:12:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2480,"height":1772,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-300x214.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":214,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-768x549.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":549,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1791x1280.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":572,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1536x1097.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1097,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-2048x1463.jpeg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1463,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scimmia-uno-1320x943.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":943}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"Imagining Another Life","testo_paragrafo":"

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Reflecting on this, Landucci wondered what would happen to a father if he suddenly found himself face to face with the son he had always longed to have.<\/p>\n

In the film, Dario\u2019s life unfolds amid monotonous days, while that of his brother Roberto (Fausto Russo Alesi) seems thrown into turmoil by the possibility that his son might fail a grade\u2014a boy who doesn\u2019t apply himself in school and no longer even wants to play the instrument he\u2019s been studying for years. Here the dichotomy emerges: Dario, who\u2014burdened with problems\u2014would have every right to complain, endures in silence, while his brother, who could be living a peaceful life, sees problems around every corner.<\/p>\n

Soon, like his uncle, his nephew develops a passion for trial motorcycles, and they begin to go on rides together\u2014experiences Dario had always wanted to share with Enrico, who is instead confined to a wheelchair and with whom he cannot communicate.<\/p>\n

In fact, when Dario takes Giacomo to a race and introduces him to his friends, he leads them to believe that Giacomo is his son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":21639,"id":21639,"title":"ascimmiaquattro small","filename":"ascimmiaquattro-small-scaled.jpeg","filesize":529172,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-scaled.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-son-id-like-to-have-and-the-one-i-have-a-fathers-story\/ascimmiaquattro-small-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"ascimmiaquattro-small-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21743,"date":"2026-09-11 12:18:41","modified":"2026-09-16 14:12:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1708,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-300x200.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-768x512.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1920x1280.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":533,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1536x1025.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-2048x1366.jpeg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1366,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ascimmiaquattro-small-1320x880.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":880}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"Between Desire and Shame","testo_paragrafo":"

Here lies the flaw, the wound that slowly comes to light\u2014that of someone who lacks the courage to shout that he would have wanted a different life, but who silently carries on each day, accepting what fate has in store for him. Scamarcio, who also produced the film, brings out the great dignity that defines the character in his performance.<\/p>\n

Juggling his time between his grandson and his son\u2014whom he helps bathe and feeds by hand, promising him that when he turns 18 he\u2019ll let him drink beer\u2014Dario is soon accused by his brother of being a superficial man who laughs at everything: but what if it\u2019s precisely his quick wit that saves him from the abyss? A down-to-earth man, portrayed with tenderness and indulgence, Dario is the first to realize that the hardest part of fatherhood lies in accepting that children aren\u2019t what you imagine them to be. And the moment he realizes he\u2019s tried to live another life\u2014one that, for a moment, seemed lighter and more normal\u2014he breaks down, filled with regret and shame.<\/p>\n

The screenplay has already won the Grand Prize at the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab, the 2021 Franco Solinas Award for Best Screenplay, and the Grand Prize at the 2025 Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab. The film, one of the most acclaimed in the Orizzonti section and set to be released in theaters on September 17, has left its mark for its sensitivity\u2014free of sentimentality\u2014and for the dose of reality it has managed to portray in a world now permeated by the idea of perfection.<\/p>\n","multimedia":"video","video":"