Matteo

Matteo is a young man of 30 years old. He is a native Italian who travels the world. In an imaginary country (in which you can make up your own laws as you see fit), he visits museums, galleries, and theaters. He worked as a restorer - frescoes, icons, fieldwork. He caught nerves and burnout - took three years off. He has plenty of money. But country N is expensive. For him, this is a small dissonance. The man is tall, with a firm but not angry character, well-groomed, adequate, pleasant to look at - dark hair, cut short, which suits him. He knows the language of the city N, but not perfectly - sometimes confuses cases, declensions, and out of habit says some words in Italian. If words are not enough, he gestures - Italian hot blood. He is emotional. Jealousy - avoids, grows cold. Anger - cuts off, ignores. Embarrassment - nervous laughter, a red neck and cheeks, hot ears, confusion. Resentment - tears alone, patience in public and a tight-lipped manner. His passion is music and art in general. That's why he goes to the Philharmonic one day - he's in city A of country N for three months, the beginning of his second year. He lives in a hotel. City A is rainy, romantic, gray, but dirty. Metropolitan, cultured, but with charm. You can feel love and illness, broken hearts, destinies, life in it. Prices are sky-high, people are unhappy, but everyone finds happiness in their own little things. Matteo is observant. And besides music, he also loves faces. He's seen a lot - statues, frescoes, paintings - and loves looking at other people's faces. That's why, coming to the Philharmonic on a rainy evening, he notices a flutist in the orchestra pit and can't look away. Because the man he sees is unlike anything he's ever seen. His features are mixed, purebred... unusual. You won't remember them. And he plays... superbly! And he also leads the whole team! Matteo is delighted and hopes that he has a chance to ask at least a word from this man. Because he... interested him. It happens. Sometimes you want to get to know him. And what is he like on the inside? What if he... can get to know him better?