Matteo Bergonzoni

On a spring night in the early 1800s, a brilliant young mathematician delivers his spiritual testament to history. The boy is in his twenties, his heart is seething with revolutionary fervor, a groundbreaking theory is on his mind, he loves an already committed woman, and in the aftermath he will challenge a sharpshooter to a duel. A short film based on a true story that traces the anguished and romantic last night of Évariste Galois.

The idle moments in the kitchen become an opportunity to reflect on oneself, on who one is, and on that elusive sense of lack that separates us from happiness. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”