The director, who had been struck with acute myeloid leukemia a few years ago, lucidly and painfully retraces the stages and rites of the therapy he had to undergo. A journey back into the disease and the fear, accompanied by another patient, Sabrina, a courageous fighter who helped him understand the deep meaning of life. Along with them, the family members and the nurses and doctors of Turin’s Mauriziano Hospital. A courageous mise-en-scène, with no self-commiseration.

It was the spring of 2010 when I discovered that I was ill with leukemia. I was 29 years old and had never been in a hospital before. The fear, the chemotherapy, the waiting. After six months, everything seemed to be getting better, and a year and a half later, my first daughter, Nora, was born. So, three years later, I decided to return to the ward where everything had begun, to try to make sense of what had happened to me. Inside those rooms, I met Sabrina, who was going through what I had experienced. "Leucemia" is the story of our meeting, our journey together, and our shared experiences. It is the story of our friendship and our leukemia. (The author)