Davide Sala

Emma Conti is an internationally renowned étoile. She was only a girl when she left Vicenza for New York, to forget the death of Alice, the child she had from her great love of her youth. After sixteen years an anonymous letter insinuates in her the doubt: her daughter would be alive in Vicenza and would be a dancer, just like her. It's time for Emma to go home and seek out the truth among the pupils of her old dance school. Emma will find the girl she once was, and she will open up to the possibility of a new love.

The Pantani case, a film directed by Domenico Ciolfi, tells the story of the last five years in the life of the cyclist from Romagna, in particular from 5 June 1999, when he was suspended from racing, to 14 February 2004, the day of his death. His untimely death in unclear circumstances, which have opened several judicial inquiries, was a shock to the world of cycling, which lost its Pirate on Valentine's Day. The film is a tribute to this Italian sporting hero, remembering him as a young man who, riding his bike, reached several milestones but was defeated in a fatal match.