Antonello Faretta is a photographer, a director and a film producer. He has collaborated with such directors as Abbas Kiarostami, Marco Bellocchio, Saverio Costanzo, Giacomo Campiotti, Peter Del Monte, Babak Payami. He has also worked for Rai Sat Arte e T9. He has directed numerous films, among which Lei lo Sa, Da Dove Vengono le Storie?, Il Vento, la Terra, il Grasso sulle Mani, 20Venti, Silenced Thoughts, Just Say NO to Family Values. His works have been featured in international film festivals, TV Networks, art galleries and museums throughout the world, and have received prestigious recognitions. In 2002 Faretta founded the independent production company, Noeltan Film, which produces his own works as well as those of young international artists (to this day, nearly 40 films).

Beat poet John Giorno (1936) is passionately reciting his poem Just Say NO To Family Values (1995). With great determination he is trying to persuade the listener to enjoy life to the full of its potential, and not to be satisfied with anything less.
However, his words are wasted on the frail little woman who is absent-mindedly watching this gesticulating poet, this stranger.