<p>Armando, the narrator's alter ego, is unable to complete his project to build a watermill to irrigate his vegetable garden. His search for a solution leads him to meet the residents of his neighbourhood and recount their stories, which paint a picture of lives not yet alienated, neighbourhood celebrations and funerals, love and betrayal, everyday existence and dreams. In particular, on this day, the funeral of Stevanato is being celebrated, a former worker who, along with other retirees, had created a community workshop in the church basement to serve the neighbourhood, where anything and everything could be repaired. The engineering project designed to make the statue of St Joseph in the church cry will provide Armando with the solution to make his mill work: he was missing a helical gear mechanism, the famous “vite senza fine” (endless screw).</p>

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Brunello Gigio

Molnár Gyula (aka Giulio Molnár)

Italy

Mogliano Veneto

Printed

Italy (north)

Workers’ memory

Factory

Worker

Church

People

District

Realist

Italian

Storie del secolo scorso

Postman

Grandmother

Priest

Husband

Engineer

Narrator

Alternating narrative / dialogue

Domestic scene

Address to the public

Avista

Light effects

Letter

Popular speech

Story

Procession

Love rivalry

Narrative Theater

Vite senza fine

Vis sans fin