In every family, there’s one person who steers the others’ emotional tone”, writer Michela Murgia would say. In this instance, it’s Blu (newcomer Daniele Scardini), a 9-year-old child who loves wearing his hair long and dressing as a girl. His father Lucio (Edoardo Pesce) and mother Elena (Valentina Lodovini), who are both progressive, inclusive and broad minded – going so far as to form a perfect extended family with Lucio’s first wife, played by Donatella Finocchiaro, and their eldest teenage daughter, Viola Gabriele – only allow Blu to wear girls’ clothes when he’s at home to avoid people making fun of him. But when Blu insists on wearing the Little Mermaid costume for the school play in front of everyone, Lucio and Elena realize they’re not ready (Lucio especially) to indulge their son’s preferences, and end up turning to a psychologist (played by Andreozzi herself) who guides them and various other parents of “unicorns” – who are as different and special as the mythical animals themselves – on a journey of acceptation which is less predictable than they’d imagined.

IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES