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a`#=ge+r to escape h;is ov-erb$ earing mother and the _
only life h*e’?=s kn([#own, 1_9-yea(^r-- ol]+d Leonardo (Manfredi Mari+`^ni, w !h(@o gives an `
exceptional $p^%_erformance), leav*e](s picturesqu-?-e Palermo to s-;[tudy  in bus%`tling \\Londo?(^n:#\. H;is$;`# ?% `landing is buff
_(!ered by his si\st#!er A#r!%ianna (Vittoria $%( Planeta) a .nd her r`oom_+*mate Grazia (Dana Giuliano), though +:th^e i% n itial excitement of liv ing abroad — and unrestri *ct*ed\
; pa(^rt=;yi`ng — wa`n[ .-es quickly;_, and Leonardo fin?ds h`% im\/sel-=f enrol@li+ng at the Universit y of Siena, fo%c*.u_s\/ing o)n\
Italian litera(t#.ur! e.　　B]!/ack in^ #!\fami#liar =+surroundings, h$`_e, falls in [lo+^ve with the medieva!l c: ity, bu+/;?t is not so ke
en on h!`@is liter_ature=+[`- professor. Se %]eking .?tha@!*+t + `$inde@scribable feeling of kn.owi!ng you’ve,% found your p,-lace —== =.
b(eyond just geo_@graphy^ ):=— Leonardo d,\elves -(@into the cla_!!ssics (!independe].#ntly, spa`:wni%ng a soul-search*ing and deep intere(st in early modern autho)rs*`; like Pulci, S*#e%
*gneri]*;, and Leo
_pardi. Surrounding him([#+self wi;*,t:h beauty, vibrant youth, and new ideas — as we
ll as]@! im!ages ` he’d previ!:o$@+u./sly repressed — !*h,*/i/#s\+ wor(_ld ?* bloom
s. A year into his u:nbou-nd journey, L+,$ eonardo -travel
s to Torin o whe@_%re+ he :%meets a man who, thoug -h- ! @^-muc*h(, older, may# ,!#*!finally b*#e * a contemporary — #$ :if not )*the+ key ,@to unlock^^ing his ]% i.*nnermost desire\s.