Il Bacio Azzurro -The Blue Kiss-

Francesco is 11 years old, lively and curious.

On the surface things seem simple and positive: he lives alone with his mother, and enjoys school.

But Francesco feels out of step with others, because of the still recent separation between his mother and father.

His father’s increasing absence confronts him with a personal struggle, and his dream is to see the family reunited and happy.

The only one who really seems to know his situation is his grandfather, Nonno Angelo.

Accompanying Angelo is a greater, magical character, unknown to Francesco: a silent and mysterious presence, who can bring dreams to life.

Over the school break, Nonno Angelo leads Francesco on a voyage of discovery, learning and awareness, in the world of water – this ‘invisible’ personage.

Nonno Angelo believes in the different essences of water.

With him, Francesco learns that water means much more than simply turning on the tap, to satisfy the moment’s needs.

Together they step back into times not long ago, when water was part of a life in closer harmony with the natural world, much different than in our current technical-industrial contexts.

Francesco develops understandings of the profound meanings of water for life.

He takes water itself as his new friend, and hand in hand they embark on the voyage towards his dream.

NOTE The Blue Kiss is a film that restores respect for water as a fundamentally important good, and searches out some of its many intrinsic meanings.

In all societies, water has conveyed messages of Peace, Freedom and Union, while demanding in exchange a spirit of brotherhood and standards of behaviour.

To waste it, to pollute it, is a loss, while to control it leads toinequality and struggle.

The Blue Kiss is cinema that searches out the primeval values of water as a spiritual essence of life, andas a feminine accompaniment to society – concepts shared in traditions around the world.

Water is not simply a commodity, although, certainly in the developed world, we treat it this way.

Blue Kiss returns water to its ancient role as the ‘anima mundi’: the Soul of the World.