The friendship of the unlikely pair speaks the sad truth that we can rarely tell our friends about the inner forces that drive us through life.
Poetry becomes their connection.
The friendship of the unlikely pair speaks the sad truth that we can rarely tell our friends about the inner forces that drive us through life. Much later, in despair, Mario returns to the poet's house to revisit the place that had once been alive with the sounds and sights of emotional discovery. In the silence that now envelops it, the loss of joy is simply overwhelming. It is a wrenching scene. Mario has a face of piercing intelligence, with sharply angled cheekbones and the saddest eyes you will ever see.