Paolo Kessisoglu said he took both parents a few months apart. On Instagram, he posted a touching memoir accompanied by a photo of both parents locked in a dance. “These are my parents – wrote the actor -. Within months they said goodbye to me. I spent more or less 150 days disposing and cataloging everything (thanks for giving me a sister to share the experience), everything that was there, everything that was left of one life, actually two. Strange things happen when you don’t have a wall behind you to lean against. I realized that my attention while working was more focused on photos and documents pertaining to their lives as people rather than as parents I found hundreds of love letters sent from the barracks where dad did his military service (pardon dad if I didn’t could resist reading some excerpts), photos of fiancés, travel documents».
The role of a son
And again: «I discovered an unknown side, infinite sweetness, unknown dreams, passions that were then blurred and the role of the educator. I felt a new appreciation and immense gratitude to those who gave me life and set an example. To my son, a role that I unfortunately can no longer play, I say that I would have liked to know a lot more about these two people, their dreams, expectations, sacrifices and passions that I may never have understood. I say to anyone who is still a child, remember that parents are first and foremost men. Thanks to mom and dad, thanks to Graziella and Pietro».