Synopsis
Sergione, a 50-year-old tattoo artist weighing 260 kg, has lived all his life in the working-class Palermo district of Bosco Grande.
He was one of the city’s legendary punks, rebelling against the mafia culture of the 1980s.
Thirty years later, he’s still sitting outside his mother’s house, doing drugs and partying with his street friends.
Every time I return to my hometown, I go and listen to his tragi-comic anecdotes and longings for escape.
As the seasons go by, I watch Sergio deteriorate. In mortal danger, he goes to a specialized center for super-obese people, from which he escapes a month later.
Back in Bosco Grande, true to his punk mantra: «Live fast, die young», he once again gets bogged down in the morbid spiral of his addictions.
Awards
Mostra de Venise 2024 - Giornate degli Autori - Italia
Salina Doc Fest 2024 - Best Documentary - Italia
Traces de vie 2025 - France
Efebo d'Oro 2024 - Italia
RIDF - Rome International Documentary Festival - Italiea
FIPADOC 2025 - Grand Prix Documentaire National - France
