In the summer of 1974, Elsa Morante’s novel ‘La Storia’ provoked a lengthy debate that divided the public opinion. For Natalia Ginzburg ‘the most beautiful novel of this century’, the story of ordinary people during the Second World War and the years immediately following touched uncovered nerves for the society and culture of the time, and its impact went far beyond the literary scene alone. Director Silvia Luzi portrays an extraordinary writer and allows us to rediscover one of the masterpieces of 20th century literature. A new look at a particularly fierce era in Italian history, which is also important for understanding our times.