ThreeyearsafterthelossofhisbrotherVittorio、withwhomhesharedhisentirecareer PaoloTavianireturnstotheworksofLuigiPirandello whichthepairadaptedin1984(混乱)and1998 (YouLaugh) .InkeepingwiththeSicilianplaywright 'svision, thefilmisnotatallwhatitappearstobe.Thetitlemaycomefroma1910novella, butthereisnotraceofthatbook 'sjealousyriddledplot.Instead, thefocusisonPirandellohimself, orrather, hisashes, whicharetransportedfromahastyburialsiteinfascistRometoapermanentrestingplaceinSicily onatrekthattakesusthroughpostwarItalyanditsfilmedmemories、asseeninnewsreels amateurfilmsandfragmentsofNeorealism.Havingburiedthemaster, Leonoraaddiothenshiftsgearfromroadmovietofilmadaptation、buthereitpicksadifferentPirandellostory namelythelastone, writtenshortlybeforehisdeathin1936.Fromthefarewellofthetitletoitsreturntothewriter 'slastwords, itishardnottoreadthiswork, sofreeandyetsomuchapartoftheTavianiworld, asamovingbrotherlyfarewellwhich, justasin2012 'sGoldenBearwinnerCaesarMustDie, onceagainusescinematogivevoicetoliteratureandhistory。