Giovanna Marini passionately collected traditional Italian songs – still alive and known in the sixties – since a young age: sacred songs, profane songs, or those of social justice. An activist approach is born of her encounter with Pasolini.

A singer, author, and composer, we follow her daily life, in concert and in her school in Rome. For this exceptional woman, transmitting popular knowledge is a necessity and an element of her artistic life.