In mezzo al mare, performed by Valerio Aprea, is the first monologue written by Mattia Torre, in 2003. In 2012 it was included by Dalai Editore in the homonymous collection of the main monologues that Torre wrote thereafter, expanded in 2019 by Mondadori and in audiobook by Emons Edizioni.
Three of these, Colpa di un altro, Yes i can and Gola, as well as an excerpt from In mezzo al mare, are proposed by Aprea himself in a ruthless and hilarious solo at the same time, which photographs a country at the mercy of an atavistic hunger, and inexorably devoted to deception, lies, the desperate pursuit of unbridled and delirious luxury. All to the music of Giuliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia composed for Figli, the last film written by the author.
