Dafne

Abstract: This is the story of Dafne, a young woman with Down syndrome, with a job she loves, loving parents, and many friends. However, the sudden loss of her mother shatters her stability and her everyday life. To cope with the grief, Dafne, and her father embark on a path towards acceptance, and such a tragic event turns into a chance to build a new, transparent relationship. Details: Dafne is a thirty-five-year-old woman with Down syndrome, spending her last days of vacation with her parents. In the first scenes, we see her walking home with her mom, chatting, and hurrying to go to the party they were all attending that night. When they got home, her dad, Luigi, had fallen asleep on the couch, watching TV. On the next day, they were packing their bags and getting ready to drive home when her mom remembered that she had left their clean sheets in the laundry room and left. Since she is taking a long time, Dafne goes to look up for her but comes back screaming for help because something has happened to her mother. At the hospital, Dafne’s mother passed away not long after that. Dafne and her dad are visibly shaken. She acts out, cries, and gets angry at everyone: her dad, the nurse, her uncle, and her aunt, who came as soon as they heard about the tragic event. That same night, they all go spend the night at an old family house in the town where her mother would have wanted to be buried. At the funeral, many people show up, and among them is a good friend of Dafne, Viola, also a girl with Down syndrome, who tries to comfort her. A couple of days later, Dafne and Luigi go back to their house, their job, and their regular life. Her father owns a shop, while Dafne works at a supermarket. She loves her job and has a very good relationship with her colleagues, who show their support to her as soon as she comes back to work. She even becomes friends with a new colleague, Camilla, after reproaching her because of her smoking. Dafne is also a part of an association where people with Down syndrome reunite. One night, while dancing the tango with Viola at the association, another young man, her old boyfriend, approaches and asks her to dance. While they dance, he asks her to go out with him, but Dafne resolutely rejects him. Dafne’s relationship with her dad is a bit rough, and she has to face many difficulties. He is still having trouble accepting the death of his wife: he stops working, his hands start trembling, and he sometimes does things without a reason. Meanwhile, Dafne looks for independence, and even though it is hard for her to cope with her dad’s problems, she still tries to cheer him up. So, she suggests they go on a backpacking trip to visit her mom’s grave, and Luigi, at first reluctantly, accepts. They take a train, then walk on trails, and end up spending the night at a pension in the country. There, while Dafne helps with some technical issues with the computer, Luigi talks to the owner and confesses that when Dafne was born, it was very hard for him to accept her daughter’s condition and that his wife deserved most of the credit for her upbringing, but that as a grown-up she surprised him with her independence and abilities. During the trip, they have some deep conversations, in which she confesses that she has been going to church every day to pray, that she had a boyfriend, but that now she is happily single. Sometimes, she is harsh towards her dad: she tells him that sometimes she is ashamed of him and reproaches him about his drinking and smoking habits and his missing self-esteem. However, she also jokes around and tells him that he can always count on her. They also discuss Dafne’s dream to buy a house for the association with her friend Viola, but Luigi, with his realism, doubts the feasibility of the plan. Finally, they reach the old family house. They sit in her mother’s old room and share some memories about her. The final scene shows a particularly touching moment in which Dafne gives her father a deflated balloon that her mom had blown and that she had kept because it contained her breath. Then, Luigi bursts into tears.

摘要：本数据集围绕患有唐氏综合征（Down syndrome）的年轻女性达芙妮展开，她拥有一份心仪的工作、深爱自己的双亲与一众好友。然而母亲的骤然离世彻底打破了她安稳的日常。为抚平丧亲之痛，达芙妮与父亲踏上了接纳现实的旅程，这场悲剧也成为二人构建全新坦诚关系的契机。

细节：达芙妮是一名35岁的唐氏综合征患者，正与父母共度假期的最后几日。开篇镜头中，她与母亲并肩步行回家，一路闲聊并快步赶往当晚众人一同参加的派对。回到家时，父亲路易吉正窝在沙发上看着电视睡着了。次日，二人正收拾行李准备驾车返程，母亲突然想起干净的床单落在洗衣房，便转身前去取。因母亲迟迟未归，达芙妮便前去寻找，却惊慌失措地跑回来呼救，称母亲出了意外。不久后，达芙妮的母亲在医院离世，达芙妮与父亲明显深受打击。她情绪失控，时而痛哭，时而迁怒于所有人：父亲、护士，以及闻讯赶来的叔叔与阿姨。当晚，众人一同前往母亲生前指定下葬小镇的老宅暂住。葬礼上，众多亲友到场，其中包括达芙妮同样患有唐氏综合征的挚友薇奥拉，她试图安抚达芙妮。数日后，达芙妮与路易吉回到家中、重返工作，恢复了日常的生活节奏。父亲经营着一家店铺，而达芙妮则在一家超市工作。她十分热爱这份工作，与同事们关系融洽，复工后同事们也纷纷向她表达了支持。她甚至曾因吸烟的问题指责过一位新同事卡米拉，之后二人却成为了好友。达芙妮同时也是唐氏综合征患者联谊协会的一员。一晚，她在协会与薇奥拉共跳探戈时，前男友——一名年轻男子——上前邀请她共舞。跳舞期间，男子邀约她外出约会，但达芙妮断然拒绝了他。达芙妮与父亲的关系略显紧张，她也面临着诸多难题。父亲仍无法接受妻子离世的事实：他停止了工作，双手开始颤抖，有时甚至会毫无缘由地做出反常举动。与此同时，达芙妮努力寻求独立，尽管要应对父亲的问题对她而言十分艰难，她仍尽力逗父亲开心。于是，她提议二人来一场背包旅行，前去祭拜母亲的坟墓，路易吉起初颇为勉强，最终还是答应了。他们先搭乘火车，随后沿步道徒步，最终在乡间的一家民宿留宿。在民宿中，达芙妮帮忙解决了电脑的一些技术故障，路易吉则与店主交谈，坦言达芙妮出生时，自己曾难以接受女儿的病症，而妻子在养育女儿的过程中付出了最多心血，但女儿成年后展现出的独立与能力让他刮目相看。旅行途中，二人进行了多次深度对话，达芙妮坦言自己每天都会去教堂祈祷，曾有过男友，但如今她享受单身的状态。有时她会对父亲十分严苛：她告诉父亲，有时会为他感到羞愧，指责他酗酒、吸烟以及缺乏自尊。但她也会开玩笑地告诉父亲，自己永远是他的依靠。二人还谈及达芙妮的梦想：与好友薇奥拉一起为联谊协会购置一处场地，但路易吉以务实的态度质疑了该计划的可行性。最终，他们抵达了那座老宅。二人坐在母亲生前的房间里，一同追忆与她有关的点滴。最后一个镜头格外动人：达芙妮将母亲生前吹过、她一直珍藏的瘪掉的气球递给父亲，只因气球中留存着母亲的气息。随后，路易吉失声痛哭。