C'è di mezzo il mare

The Mediterranean discovered by bicycle. A hot sea of passions, colours, languages and religions. A 13,000 kilometer cycling adventure across 3 continents and 20 countries. The Mediterranean, a frontier, an indefinite and yet clear margin between continents, countries, religions, a place of infinite encounters and clashes. The term "Mediterranean" means "within a land", but what is this land? And who are its inhabitants? Matteo Scarabelli decided to get to know it in his own way, by bicycle, pedaling 13,000 kilometers across three continents, twenty countries , hermetic closures, impossible visas and unsuspected passages. Becoming a little Moroccan, a little Bedouin, a little Muslim, a little Jewish. At the home of Egyptians and Albanians he discovered the courageous stories of many emigrants, from Abdel Fattah Hassan to Giuseppe Ungaretti. Riding the faithful Rocinante he found fantastic hospitality, guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks, mint tea, angry dogs and beautiful women. Ten solitary months on a bicycle, a small odyssey of the soul. A crazy journey around a complicated sea Hard to digest, impossible to forget.