Lto historythe series based on the novel by Elsa Morantearrives tonight at 9.30pm on Rai 1 to its conclusion. It will be a blow to the heart for viewers: the ending is painful and dramatic (as perhaps those who have read the book or seen the 1986 fiction by Luigi Comencini). The war is over, but it has left deep internal wounds in the protagonists, young and old.
Nino leaves home and seems to have never stopped fighting: the former partisan in fact smuggles weapons and during an escape from a stakeout he is injured along with some of his traveling companions. Useppe, on the other hand, has increasingly frequent absences: he seems to have inherited it from Ida epilepsythe disease that her mother also had as a child. The dog Bella is the only presence which makes the little one feel good. Become his guardian angel.
History: last episode
The war is over. For Ida (Jasmine Trinca), Nino (Francesco Zenga) And Useppe (Mattia Basciani) could start a new life. Ida wants Nino to return to school, but he won’t hear of it.
The teacher created by the pen of Elsa Morante he would like Useppe to attend nursery school too. The five year old though he can’t stay in kindergartenruns away several times and suffers from sudden absences and convulsions which worry Ida. She also had heart attacks as a child epilepsy. «I was afraid of being around others, I always wanted to be with mom and dad”, confesses the teacher to the pediatrician. Useppe may have inherited his own illness or perhaps the horror of war has left him with a wound that is unlikely to heal. In his absence she sees again Eppetendo and the friends met in Pietralata.
The walks along the Tiber with the dog Bella they are the only moments of lightheartedness that he manages to carve out. The sound of the water and the chirping of the birds manage to calm him down. Here he knows Scimò, a twelve-year-old who ran away from reformatory and in the neighborhood he meets Davide again (Lorenzo Zurzolo), the young Jew he met with Ida in Pietralata.
However, the boy has changed a lot since then: he is a heroin addict and desperate. Will Useppe have the strength to live despite the war having forever upset his life and taking away all the people he loved?
Nino’s tragic death
Nino, on the other hand, is unable to move ondid not want to follow the advice of his mother and Remo (Valerio Mastandrea) and after the war, still feeling himself in conflict, he begins to smuggle weapons.
Together to However, a group of companions, and the dog Bella, are caught at a checkpoint while carrying rifles and grenades. After a chase, in a shooting the young man and Bello who loved his brother more than anything else loses his life, and Bella disappears.
Framncesco Zenga and Lorenzo Zurzolo. (Photo Iacovelli-Zayed)
Ida is called to the morgue to recognize Nino’s body. It’s really about him. The woman is devastated, but decides not to say anything to Useppe who is waiting for nothing else at home the return of his brother and of Pretty. Ida doesn’t leave her room for days, but for her baby she has to pick herself up and get strong.
Finally day Bella returnssmelly and dirty: will be one of the few moments of joy for Useppe and his mother. That dog seems like a sign from Nino and becomes the little one’s new adventure companion. Will it be enough to help Useppe look towards the future?
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