Futura

You have a nice touch.

Do you want a braid?

Meet Peppe.

- He's lovely! - Look.

How come you are breeding him?

His mother had left him.

He wasn't able to hatch out of his egg

because of a broken foot.

So...

we opened the egg and Peppe was there!

Let us see him!

He runs away.

I'm putting you in the water.

He doesn't go in the water alone. He always wants me to watch over him.

If there’s something worth telling,

it’s that we decided to join together to make a film

and travel through Italy, our "bel paese", "beautiful country",

if you can still call it that.

We met in early 2020.

It was winter and we ventured out.

We asked groups of young people how they imagined their future.

But what do we mean by "young people"?

They're not children anymore but not yet adults.

They're struggling with the difficult task of becoming adults.

They're sort of supernatural creatures, Those Who Are Becoming.

What will they become?

Do we see ourselves in them today?

What have you done to the engine?

I modified the cylinder kit.

That is the cylinder head and the piston.

I changed the muffle, the carburetor and the open filter.

- Where do you find the money? - Our parents give it to us.

Why do your parents give you money?

They think that if I spend money on the Ape car

I won't spend it on smoking or drinking.

Speaking for myself.

Andrea's grandparents give him money to do chores.

He's kinda spoiled, though. He only works for tips!

That's how he bought his car.

So,

what is the future?

What's the future for you?

Our future is to live with...

To have a family, live with the man you love,

have children, be independent.

Be happy.

- To be happy is the main thing. - Get married.

- Be responsible. - Have many projects.

- Work. - That's the main thing.

Men must provide for the family.

Women must be independent for their own sake.

- I don't think so. - Men must provide!

Everyone should work.

Why shouldn't women work?

- They take care of the house. - And children.

That's what I said.

Women must work to be financially independent as well.

I said that women should work as well.

Any goals?

Sure.

- What are your goals? - I have many.

- Tell me. - To become a professional beautician.

To set up shop.

To travel.

To always move around.

To become a makeup artist.

- To travel? - Yeah.

Do you ever travel?

- A little. - Often.

- Have you ever traveled through Italy? - Yes.

What do you think of Italy?

- There's no future in Italy. - Exactly.

- No future for you here? - No.

- Isn't this scary? - Sure.

What about you?

I wish that in the future...

people will stop discriminating...

...stop discriminating...

...people who are not like them.

People who are slightly different.

I want to know other countries and cultures.

Those who are sexually different.

Everyone should be free to love whomever they choose.

Don't judge other peoples' lives.

What are you thinking, Caterina?

Like, it’s hard to be a lesbian in our society.

They're always being judged.

Do you feel judged?

Yes, I do.

I don't know.

It doesn't really affect me.

You get used to it.

- You mean rudeness? - Yeah.

You become rude too.

I've chosen this one.

It shows a hand trying to mark a wall.

I feel like this right now.

I want to leave a mark,

be it by studying

or by doing the things I love or I'll do in the future.

I picked this one.

It's a man in a suit with stones on his shoulders.

I've picked this one because when I see a sharp dressed man

I think he must be successful and without worries.

The stones represent

the worries hidden behind the suit.

I don't dress this way,

but I always come across as a cheerful, easygoing guy.

So people might think

that I have no fears.

But I actually have many worries on my shoulders.

Some of them concern my relationship with people.

I've picked two pictures.

This one

and this one.

I've picked this one

because I really couldn't care less about people judging me.

What's the world?

I really couldn't care less about their observations.

I smoke a cigarette and blow it in your face!

I don't care about what you think of me.

This one means that you must not break down when someone judges you.

It makes you stronger.

These two pictures really represent me.

They're nice photographs.

I'm the best featherweight around.

You mean lightweight!

Sure, lightweight.

- What about your future? - Well...

I'll become a professional.

Otherwise, what's the use of training?

No plan b?

Join the army.

I will enlist for sure.

It's my childhood dream.

Will you stay in Italy?

I want to leave. This is a bad place. There's nothing for me here.

Where will you go?

Anywhere else! I don't think I'll find happiness here.

What's your relationship with Italy?

For me it's the best place in the world.

Speaking about...

sea and tourism,

Italy is one of the best countries in the world.

Speaking about money, jobs

and boxing you certainly need to leave.

Here you are not able to compete on an international level.

Soccer is the only sport, here.

All other sports are considered less worthy.

I hate soccer players! They earn millions just to kick a ball.

Construction workers work their butts off twelve hours a day.

They start early in the morning to earn pennies.

I don't like it.

What can you do about it?

You should give more money to the worthy, the people who work their butts off.

You should give less money

to people who practice useless sports!

Well, they're not actually useless, but...

Do you guys agree with him?

They should pay players less.

They have fun and earn millions while there are people who...

What if they gave that kind of money to you?

I wouldn't complain about it!

Will young people like you be able to change things?

There is strength in numbers!

People should act united.

We can't do much otherwise.

What do you mean by "people"?

The entire nation should rise up!

- And protest along with you? - Yes.

- Why don't you build a movement? - How?

I'm busy.

What if I fail?

Failure scares me.

- You should at least try. - Well...

We don't mess around anymore like when we were fourteen.

What do you mean?

Messing around like today, and other stuff.

So youth is a thing of the past for you?

Well, not yet. But it's on its way to be.

How do you picture your future in the adult world?

First of all, I'll have to find a job.

Work will be time-consuming.

Now we go to school in the morning.

But after school and during holidays

we have time to do what we do now.

We won't be able to do it when we get a job.

This future looks like a death warrant! Does it scare you?

We're afraid of losing our friends.

Not to hang out together anymore.

Well, I don't think that we won't...

It's entirely possible that we part ways.

This is a small town.

There are not many jobs here.

So if you want a job you have to leave.

Would you rather stay here in Umbria or leave?

I'd rather stay here or nearby,

or go to work elsewhere during the day and come back at night.

You publish a magazine that's committed to the issues of young people.

How do you picture your own future?