Emmanuel - The Broken Diary - U.S.A. version (Podcast Novel)

2.8. Great (Emmanuel is hiding a secret)

From the voice of the maid Teresa, Antonia (AI Nicole) learns that Emmanuel (AI Vincent-Paul Emmanuel) is with a new girl, who is having a strange, chilling effect on him. Excerpts from Lana Del Rey's "Pretty When You Cry", Thom Yorke's "Suspirium" and Sonic Youth's "Inhuman" can be heard in the episode.

2.7. Weeds (A heavy failure)

After the relationship with Antonio, which lasted only a few weeks, the boy reflects on his umpteenth sentimental failure and finds himself immersed in a chaos from which he doesn't know how to get out. This episode is a sort of confused, at times paranoid stream of consciousness that takes us inside his restless and troubled psyche, which can no longer find a balance point. The narrator is Paul Emmanuel (AI). The following songs can be heard in the episode: "See me, feel me" from "Tommy" by The Who and "Resurrection" by Eain Moon, whom we thank for the permission.

2.6. Air Pockets (Antonio's story with Emmanuel)

Finally the story between Emmanuel and Antonio begins, during a school trip to Sicily. It will be destined to last a few weeks, but it will leave a deep mark on both of them.Antonio, deeply fascinated by Emmanuel, doesn't know how to manage such an anomalous relationship, which puts his entire inner world in crisis.Let's listen to the story from the voice of Antonio himself.  The interpreters are Vincent and Paul Emmanuel (AI). The following songs can be heard throughout the episode: "Suspirium" by Thom Yorke, "See me, feel me" from "Tommy" by The Who, "This is the day" by Captain Beefheart.

2.5. Ode to Jealousy (Come on, admit it, you're dying of jealousy...) - REMADE

Antonia is back on stage. How will she be experiencing the end of her relationship with Emmanuel (which she herself provoked)? Apparently with a lot of difficulty. Emmanuel, now seventeen, has set out "by other paths", but still cultivates the relationship with her in some indirect way. Here we see him asking for her help with a difficult Greek test. The interpreters are Nicole and Vincent (AI). In the episode you can listen to two splendid pieces by Franz Schubert: "Serenade" and the Trio op. 100 - Andante con moto (made famous by Stanley Kubrick in the wonderful candlelight scene from "Barry Lyndon").

2.4. That is, precisely at the level (Emmanuel has fun with a group of freaks) - REMADE

This episode is a bizarre experiment, in which AI voices mix with those of two real-life theater actors, Stefano Romano and Erika Piroscia. After so much useless suffering, Emmanuel wants to have some fun. He is currently engaged (so to speak) in a very relaxed relationship with Elettra, the leader of Tantras (a theater company in Turin). One evening he witnesses an Ionesco-like dialogue between the members of the group and reports it to us verbatim. What emerges is the surreal picture of a group of sympathetic bewildered people, with whom the protagonist spends his time carefree to forget his malaise, waiting to understand if his relationship with Antonio (with whom, unlike with Elettra, he is serious) will be able to take off. During the episode you can listen to covers or live versions of "Cuccurucucù Paloma" and "Bandiera bianca" by Franco Battiato.