La biblioteca dei fisici scomparsi

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The story of a woman in search of redemption against the backdrop of the zealous scientific work of the famous Via Panisperna Boys.

1930s. Ida knows only too well that Rome’s Royal Physics Institute in Via Panisperna is a special place. Since she has worked there her life has changed. In its lecture theatres, she has acquired notions of Physics from the best scholars and met a group of young Italian scientists – the Via Panisperna Boys – whose studies have led to the creation of the atom bomb. They include the brilliant Ettore Majorana, with whom she has become friends, and Alberto, the love of her life. However, everything suddenly changes. Her father picks a husband for her and there’s nothing left for her to do but comply with his demands.

Meanwhile. the group of young scientists break up and Ettore Majorana mysteriously disappears. It’s the end of an era.

Italy, 1954. Ida decides to leave her home after her husband confesses that another woman is expecting his child. She is determined to find Alberto and, in order to do so, she must first locate her friend Ettore Majorana, hoping he is still alive and simply chose to change his path because his scientific research was becoming dangerous.