"Something fantastic is about to happen to me. On Sunday I will be departing with UNICEF on a mission and I will be going to Lebanon. It's an experience I am happy about, an experience that will shape me and that I will live to the fullest. I hope to provide my help, to be able to give my help, and the wonderful thing is that I will try to tell the story afterwards to those who follow me, to those who follow me on social media, to truly make people understand what UNICEF does on the ground." This is the very emotional announcement made to ANSA by actress and UNICEF ambassador Ludovica Nasti, who is in Giffoni where the short film "Pro-Memoria" was presented in preview, written and performed by students from the D. Cimarosa Comprehensive Institute - IV Circolo - in Aversa, directed by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo and featuring the participation of artist and university lecturer Valeria Altobelli and the young actress herself, who played the young Lila Cerullo in the celebrated series My Brilliant Friend and has appeared in other successful productions, including Mina Settembre and The Leopard.
"Earlier I was telling the kids," says Nasti, "that I received my first UNICEF shirt 7-8 years ago, I was very young. As I grew up, seeing it again helped me a great deal because it gave me that awareness and led me to the actual decision that I wanted to embrace this path, I wanted to stand alongside UNICEF in this, and above all with my voice, because the fortune I have is being able to have a very strong voice, to be able to speak to young people."
"The short film we presented today," she emphasises, "is about the right to play, and so it is there to make us stop and reflect. Sometimes we scroll very quickly and we forget that there has been a conflict, that there are children who stop playing too soon, that there are faces and families. Instead it is important to pause and then understand that also through cinema and art."
"Every boy and girl must have their right to play in a healthy and safe environment respected. According to UNICEF, over 90 million children under the age of 5 — that is 1 in 7 globally — have no objects to play with, while 80 million children between the ages of 2 and 4 — approximately 1 in 5 — do not play with a parent or caregiver at home. The short film Pro-Memoria is a reminder of the importance of play for all children," explains Nicola Graziano, president of UNICEF Italy.
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