A Love Supreme

In the suburbs of Milan, there is a small community that is home to people with mental retardation. Among its guests, there is a couple: Alessandro and Stefania. They have known each other for 14 years, they fell in love and they dream of getting married and going to live on their own. But according to the Italian civil law, they are blocked at the wedding, as deemed incapable of consent. In agreement with their families, the team of educators decides to support their project: Alessandro and Stefania will definitely marry, a grand secular ceremony will be held with the help of friends, parents and all the guests of the community. Arranging the marriage is hard work and no detail can be overlooked, because this is not just a private party, but also the opportunity to state that in a civilized society the right to love and to autonomy should not be an exclusive privilege to the majority of able-bodied citizens.