Garzanti Domani, domani

Salento, 1959. Lorenzo and Agnese have lost everything. They realize this when their father, with the sad eyes he has carried with him all his life, announces that he has sold the family soap factory, an inheritance he has experienced as a condemnation. For Lorenzo and Agnese, that factory, created from nothing by their grandfather and smelling of talcum powder, flower essences, and vegetable oils, occupies their every thought. It was the certainty of a serene present and the promise of a future to be traced together, united. The idea of remaining there as mere workers under a new, arrogant master is devastating for both of them. Lorenzo, proud and impulsive, leaves, slamming the door, his heart full of anger and with only one goal: to find the money needed to take back what is his. But Agnese does not follow him; as resolute when it comes to formulating soaps as she is insecure in the world outside the soap factory, she declares, "I stay where my home is." This creates a deep, apparently irremediable crack between brother and sister, pushing them down opposite and unpredictable paths. They want the same thing, at least until love brings them once again to a crossroads. Each of them will make a choice, charting another tomorrow. Will it be a tomorrow without regrets for both of them? This is the story of the passion that first unites and then divides a brother and a sister. A story about decisions made by listening to the mind or the heart or both. It is about that instant that can change an entire life. It is also about an Italy that, in disbelief, is discovering a sudden well-being, working on the assembly line, singing with Mina, and dancing to the rhythm of the twist—young, creative, and impatient.