Gennaro Cassini

The rise and fall of the pirate mixtape empire of three brothers from Naples, Italy, during the '80s.

Rome, Tuscolano district. The sirens of the Carabinieri echo in the distance. In an apartment, three young men-Paolo, a 25-year-old aspiring filmmaker from Naples; Davide, a pragmatic 30-year-old from Treviso; and Aran, an eccentric 21-year-old Turk-find themselves surrounded by jars of marijuana. The tension is palpable.

Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.

A successful actress returns to Naples to visit her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, and reminisces about her upbringing and the hardships her mother faced throughout her life.