I wish I had seen this thirty years ago! That's how old "Francesco" (Andrea Pisani) is when he discovers that if you break the birthday cake candle after you blow it out, then your wish has to come true. One proviso: the wish cannot cheat death. That isn't something he has to worry about, though, as he hangs about with his childhood friends wondering how to spend their day whilst having an unrequited longing for the beautiful "Aurora" (Marilù Pipitone). This could be his chance to seize the day - and so we whizz through the next fifteen years of his happy life until a tragedy looms and then in…
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