DACIA, MY LIFE – JAPANESE DIALOGUES

An intimate journey between Rome and Japan in the footsteps of memory, this documentary weaves Dacia Maraini’s voice together with archival footage, dissolving drawings, and encounters that illuminate a destiny entwined between two cultures. Director Izumi Chiaraluce, a silent and complicit witness, gathers the threads of a personal and collective narrative: a childhood in a snow-covered Japan, the prison camp, art as a form of resistance, the legacy of her parents, her sister Yuki, theatre, books. Dacia’s words become a bridge between distant worlds, between past and present. An original and profound portrait, shaped by the slow time of memory and the vibrant rhythm of curiosity. A tribute to the gentle strength of a woman who has made writing, photography, and dialogue her home.