Roberto is a handsome, charming, wealthy 50-year-old man. A feared (by husbands) playboy. He lives the life we all want, but... his perfect life suddenly gets complicated. He suffers attacks at his businesses, contracts that have been already signed are canceled... He DISCOVERS that his teenage son is homosexual! He does not accept it. He hates him, he almost kills him, he kicks him out of the house. But for him, abandoned by his family, friends, this is all too much. He thinks he can't cope...
For 20 years Roberto has neglected his family. Since suffering the betrayal of the one he considered a second father, he has closed in on himself, becoming cynical and ruthless, though always fair. He no longer trusts people and neglects his wonderful family. Perhaps out of vengeance, he becomes one of the most famous and sought-after playboys in town. When he discovers the homosexuality of his teenage son, who, growing up without guidance was able to give free rein to his instincts, he cannot accept it. His family and his best friend abandon him. When alone, in that empty house and with the “noise” of unreal silence, he realizes what his inflexibility has caused, he believes he cannot cope. He begins a slow, tormented journey, begins to wonder if he was wrong, and, helped by the stories he reads on the Internet - stories similar to his but with tragic endings -, his certainties crumble. Then, as his family members say in the interviews, an angel lent a helping hand to him and helped him get out of the abyss he had entered. At the end of his journey, Roberto not only accepts his son's diversity, but realizes that he has fallen in love…
Pamela
(Roberto's wife)
Pamela, we can for all intents and purposes consider you the injured party - in quotes. How are you feeling today? When Roberto and I met, we immediately fell in love. He was my first real boyfriend. He was handsome, tall, fit, his eyes were beautiful, his smile dazzling and his gaze magnetic. All the girls at school hung off his every word and would do anything to please him. But he chose me. I never expected him to like me and I couldn't believe it. We started dating two days later and we were inseparable for two months, then he went to Milan. I was in my first year of university, he was in his third, but he received a great opportunity, Bocconi University. Before leaving he told me: «Wait for me, you will be my wife!» And I did. The first few years of marriage were great. We were very much in love and never parted. Then suddenly he changed, because of a man he considered a second father. He didn't expect it and was literally shocked, that's when the nightmare began. I felt sorry for the children who didn't deserve such treatment. I tried to fight, to make him come to his senses, but I couldn't and I gave up. Then Mario showed up and managed to perform a series of miracles. He brought back the real Roberto, “my” Roberto and finally my children can get to know their real father and he has helped each of them find happiness. The two of them? It's nice to see how good they are when they are together, I am very happy for them and I am also a little jealous. Now Roberto has found an even greater balance than in the first years I knew him and he feels something much stronger than what we had. And Mario… an angel that the Lord sent us and that I will never stop thanking. I had a good feeling about him immediately. When he came home with Guido, looking for Nick, I was struck by his calmness and determination. He immediately threw in our faces how things were and what was the right thing to do. It makes me laugh... that evening he was so upset with Roberto that if he had been within reach, who knows what would have happened. Now, when I see how they look at each other, how they can think the same thing just by making eye contact and how happy they are, I'm happy for them and for us. Mario is a beautiful person. He didn't hesitate for a second to help us, he didn't worry about risking his life for us, and he was ready to give up his happiness in order to see us happy. Thank you Mario!