| Set in 1961, " La Passione " tells the story of a young boy whose Italian immigrant father struggles to earn a living in England making ice-cream. |
| His father and uncles tell him of the homeland he comes from, where he 'grey skies turn to blue'. They sit, in April of 1961, and watch the Monaco Grand Prix on their new black and white television. The boy is fascinated by what his uncles are telling him and by what he sees; distant vision of the shark nosed Ferraris and a racing driver by the name of Wolfgang Von Trips, a German count who lived in a castle. |
| The boy compares this wonderful scenario with his black and grey life in England. He becomes filled with awe and wonder of Italy and the red cars. |
| Sent to church after the Grand Prix, the boy has first 'musical fantasy'. The basis of most of his fantasies is old news footage of 1961 collages, mixed with surreal imagines of Italy, Wolfgang Von Trips and the shark nose cars of the period. |
| The boy steals the family vanilla recipe (which has been handed down from their grandfather), an ingredient of the ice cream his family makes. He has noticed that girls love the smell of it. He turns it into a best-selling aftershave, and with his success, he is able to chase his dream of owning and driving a Ferrari and moving back to Italy. |
| With his success becomes the realisation that it is best to enjoy passions and not let them become obsessions. Now a prosperous businessman, he returns to England to re-unite with his father and rekindle their relationship. |
