But for my father, the emotional and artistic importance of De Sica's vision was so great that he chose to celebrate his half-century with his three teenage children and 30 of their friends, "In order," he said, "to pass the baton of concern and hope on to the next generation."
No za moga oca, emocionalna i umjetnička važnost De Sicine vizije je bila toliko velika da je odlučio proslaviti svoj 50. rođendan sa svoje troje tinejdžera i njihovih 30 prijatelja. "Kako bih," rekao je, "predao palicu brižnosti i nade sljedećoj generaciji."