Tommaso Romanelli

25 years have passed since Andrea Romanelli, a yacht designer and sailor, disappeared at sea: he was attempting, with Giovanni Soldini, the record in the Atlantic crossing. His son Tommaso was 4 years old and now, as a filmmaker, he faces a journey through memory to discover who his father was.

In winter, inside a shipyard, discipline and precision shape the daily routine of a skipper. Ambrogio Beccaria prepares his boat alongside his team, overseeing technical details and final adjustments. Beneath this surface of competence, traces of a past season, a defeat, and an accident quietly persist. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, the atmosphere shifts. Concrete labor gives way to a more intimate, nocturnal dimension. Through fragments of memory, archival materials, and abstract imagery, the film drifts between wakefulness and dream, exploring the fragile boundary between control and vulnerability.

In winter, inside a shipyard, discipline and precision shape the daily routine of a skipper. Ambrogio Beccaria prepares his boat alongside his team, overseeing technical details and final adjustments. Beneath this surface of competence, traces of a past season, a defeat, and an accident quietly persist. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, the atmosphere shifts. Concrete labor gives way to a more intimate, nocturnal dimension. Through fragments of memory, archival materials, and abstract imagery, the film drifts between wakefulness and dream, exploring the fragile boundary between control and vulnerability.

25 years have passed since Andrea Romanelli, a yacht designer and sailor, disappeared at sea: he was attempting, with Giovanni Soldini, the record in the Atlantic crossing. His son Tommaso was 4 years old and now, as a filmmaker, he faces a journey through memory to discover who his father was.