Dafne is a thirty-five-year-old woman with Down syndrome who lives with her parents. She has a simple life: a job she loves, co-workers who appreciate her, friends, and an outgoing personality. The sudden loss of her mother disrupts the family equilibrium but Dafne manages, one step at a time, to create a new relationship with her father. The extraordinary interpretation of Carolina Raspanti and the work of director Federico Bondi manage to address with delicacy, two very challenging themes of the human condition: being born with an extra copy of a chromosome and losing a loved one.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Little by little, as they walk and talk, Dafne and her father make discoveries about each other, even deeply personal ones.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne doesn't mince words in criticizing her father, but she is there for him, a sort of anchor. It gets late and they need food and lodging.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father have dinner at the lodge and make conversation. But then they hear some talking in the other room and wonder what's up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne's father finally has someone to talk to, and describes his feelings when Dafne was born, and how they evolved.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father leave the lodge and resume their hike on an uphill trail.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
While they are hiking, Dafne's father gets a curious phone call. It brings up the subject of smoking, which Dafne does not want to let go. Later, they meet up with some forest rangers, and Dafne asks for some first-aid items for her foot.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne has no trouble chatting up a storm and making friends with the two forest rangers. She and her father get dropped off near the cemetery.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Dafne and her father get to the old family homestead. Dafne goes about opening it up as they talk about her mother and how she loved the place.
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