Sono innamorato di Pippa Bacca

On March 8, 2008, the artist Pippa Bacca left Milan with her friend Silvia Moro, both dressed as brides, to embark on their Brides on Tour trip/performance to Jerusalem. The performance involved hitchhiking, to bring a message of peace to war-torn, conflicted territories: Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. The trip ended in tragedy near Istanbul, where Pippa was brutally murdered by a man who’d given her a lift. Through interviews with her four sisters and her mother, and thanks to the montage of materials filmed by the two artists, Simone Manetti’s film reconstructs the story, leading us into the depths of the Milanese artist’s work. The family tells of the unconventional, all-female climate in which Pippa grew up. Their memories are intertwined with footage of various stages of the performance that still transmit a strong message of trust in humanity.