Riccardo Bonacina, Journalist; Angela Demattè, Playwright and actress; Emilia Guarnieri, Co-founder of the Meeting per l’amicizia fra i popoli. Moderated by Davide Dall’Ombra, Director of Casa Testori Cultural Association.

In March 1978, an article by Giovanni Testori on the Via Fani massacre published in Corriere della Sera caught the attention of some university students from the Communion and Liberation movement. They asked to meet him, and this encounter in his Milanese studio at Via Brera 8 marked the beginning of a great friendship. This friendship was also very “operational” from a human and cultural perspective, encompassing theater, collaboration with the Sabato magazine, participation in the Meeting per l’amicizia fra i popoli from its first edition, and a special bond with don Giussani. Riccardo Bonacina, who witnessed that first meeting, and Emilia Guarnieri, who witnessed Testori’s presence at the Meeting, along with Angela Demattè, who didn’t know Testori personally but, as a playwright and actress, documented the fruits of that friendship and mentorship through her experience, will discuss the impact and legacy of this friendship.