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They leave Milan, they choose Soverato

Roberta and Christian start over from the dream of cinema.

3 November 2026I Calabresi · from an article in Corriere della Calabria

I Calabresi graphic: Roberta and Christian in a circle, above a working scene from the workshop, with the title «They leave Milan and choose Soverato. Roberta and Christian start over from the dream of cinema» — The graphic of the I Calabresi post, 3 November 2026.

A holiday that changes everything

Soverato, Catanzaro. Roberta and Christian left Milan and came to Calabria in search of new stimuli. She is an actress, he dreams of becoming a director, and both of them love to travel. In January 2026 they arrived on the Ionian coast, after a holiday that changed the way they imagine the future.

In the summer of 2025, in Santa Caterina dello Ionio, Christian feels that this place does him good. In Milan he works as a salesman and has the chance of a permanent contract ahead of him, but financial stability is not enough to make him feel well: he likes Milan, it's beautiful, but lately living there had become hard and in the city he had lost his artistic stimuli.

Roberta also feels the need for change. In her field she is advised to go to Rome, but she chooses a place completely different from the city setting: Calabria, where her relatives have roots and where she had never lived. Together they choose Soverato, find a home and start building new relationships.

The workshop

From cinema to the participants

Their passion for cinema takes up more and more space in their daily life. They get in touch with Teatro del Grillo and, later, with Spazio Scenico they start a film acting workshop. From the first four or five participants they reach about thirty, among children, teenagers and adults. Some even come from Serra San Bruno and Gioia Tauro.

Difficulties exist and making the project sustainable remains a challenge. They choose to try anyway, putting their skills at the service of the area. And they are doing well: thanks to Calabria they are rediscovering themselves and have found new artistic ideas and stimuli, in a land full of resources, culture, traditions and stories to tell.

In short

A holiday has thus become the beginning of a different path: new stimuli, an artistic project to grow in Calabria and the desire to keep travelling, seeing the world and training in cinema, with the chance to always come back and help this land.

Source: Corriere della Calabria, article by Rosita Mercatante, 2 November 2026.

They leave Milan, they choose Soverato

A holiday that changes everything

The workshop

From cinema to the participants

In short

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