- A day in the life of Leonardo, a XXI century Leo Bloom, depicted as a long stream of consciousness revolving around his divorce, his dismissal, the lack of relationship with his father and a dream about his ex-wife as a young lady.
- In an all-time record, Ludovico Cantisani, a 17-years-old independent scholar of cinema and modern philosophy has managed to work with Luciano Tovoli, cinematographer for Antonioni, Tarkovskij, Schroeder and Argento, on his first Joyce-based short running movie, and on his first feature film already in development. 'Penelopes', named after James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and financed via crowdfunding, is Cantisani's attemp to dramatize the crisis of traditional male figure in contemporary society, which he glimpsed in Joyce and other XXth century novelist, chronicling a day in the life of a divorced middle aged man, Leonardo Nenti, a modern Leopold Bloom portrayed by Alberto Bonvento. Starring in 'Penelopes' also American actress Nicole Coffineau and Italian painter Sergio Sarra.
- Leonardo is a 40-year-old single man. One night, he dreams of his ex-wife Virginia as a young lady laying on a beach. Without a job, without a love, completely unemotional and incapable even to cry, Leonardo spends the whole day driving his car, and recalling with anger and remorse his last encounter with Virginia, the lack of a relationship with his father, his dismissal and all of his humiliations and failures, alternated with his dream. Unable even to have sex with a prostitute, Leonardo comes home and finally, the dream of Virginia now become a living nightmare, drops a tear.
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