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Ettore Scola, in 1973, made the film Trevico-Torino, the story of a boy from the south who emigrated to Turin in search of work. Ten years later, Scola returns to the city to shoot Wish I Fly, in which the little protagonist embodies the hope of a better future. That child, forty years later, has spent more than half of his life in prison
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IT

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.