A richly detailed and descriptive account that offers a vivid portrait of Enzo’s life and his relationship with his home and adopted country. A tale about the challenges and opportunities of emigration, as well as the value of family, traditions and identity.
Enzo leaves his native town of Grassano at a very young age. He reached Switzerland in the mid-1980s and starting in Zug, in the central part of the country, put down roots inside a new land. Despite initial difficulties – language in particular – Enzo manages to integrate into the Swiss community, meets the one who will be the mother of his two children, and embarks on a career path in the world of electronics. He speaks lucidly of his ties with Italy and Grassano in particular, of the impossibility of leaving a reality – the Swiss one – of which he now feels a part, and of the pleasure he feels every time he can return to his home and relive the sensations of a childhood that he traces in the places and experiences of the past.