Italiano medio

Giulio Verme is introduced as a radical environmental activist who rejects mass media and champions the park's protection. He grows up with neglectful, TV-obsessed parents, which fuels his hatred of television and modern mass media. He later leaves home, pursues environmental studies, and meets Franca Solidale, beginning his long activism with her.

Giulio meets fellow activist Franca Solidale and their bond strengthens as they work on environmental issues. He eventually moves in with her, deepening their collaboration and commitment to activism. Their partnership sets the stage for future campaigns to defend the park.

When Franca leaves to volunteer for two weeks, schoolmate Alfonzo Scarabocchi returns and proposes a provocative experiment: a pill that supposedly lowers human brain activity to 2%. The plan unsettles Giulio, planting seeds of reckless experimentation that threaten his relationships and principles. The moment signals the beginning of his downward drift.

Under the drug’s influence, Giulio becomes impulsive and self-absorbed, cheating on Franca with his neighbor. The experience reveals how the pill distorts his judgment and accelerates his estrangement from his values. The event marks the start of his personal unraveling.

Giulio's altered persona leads him into an exclusive nightclub, where he impersonates a famous footballer. Later, he borrows the bouncer’s Hummer and crashes it into a tree in the very park he vows to defend, then uses an excavator to vandalize the area. These actions shock onlookers and escalate media attention.

The park incident draws widespread media coverage the next day. Giulio realizes that publicity can delay Cartelloni's development plans and begins to see media as a tool for influence. The moment crystallizes his conflict between protest and spectacle.

Spurred by new possibilities, Giulio contemplates extreme measures to wake the city up and joins an environmental NGO planning to contaminate the city’s water supply. He begins to distance himself from his original ideals in pursuit of dramatic outcomes. The path marks a dangerous turn in his activism.

Giulio secures additional pills from Alfonzo, and his addiction tightens its grip. He slips further from rational thought as the line between his mission and self-gratification blurs. The dependency traps him in a cycle he once believed to have abandoned.

Giulio marries Sharon, and his life takes a turn toward fame when talent scouts from Master VIP notice him. The show promises validation and a new platform for his messages, pulling him deeper into a televised spotlight. His new persona begins to overshadow his environmental goals.

Franca returns home and accompanies Giulio to the Master VIP finale at the TV studio after hearing about recent events. The presence of Franca foreshadows the confrontation that will reveal deeper truths about Giulio's transformation. The finale location becomes the stage for revelations.

On Master VIP, finalists are required to sever ties with their pasts, and Giulio initially complies. Franca and Alfonzo then reveal that the pills never existed and that his 'transformation' was a construct of his own mind to justify reckless behavior. The revelation collapses his constructed persona.

In a chaotic moment on stage, Giulio crashes into the camera, faints, and slips into a coma. The spectacle becomes a turning point that forces him to confront the consequences of his actions. The hospital stay follows, marking the end of his delusions of control.

A psychologist explains that Giulio's mind has split into personalities born from repressing his desire to conform. When he awakens, he recognizes the value of compromise as a practical, sometimes necessary approach in Italian life. This insight reframes his path forward.

With Cartelloni’s approval, Giulio launches a renewed reality show where contestants rebuild the park using gardening tools. The crisis becomes a community-driven revival rather than a catastrophe, turning public opinion toward constructive engagement. He finds a pragmatic path that blends activism with social empowerment.