After a police stunt, the actor Pierre Clémenti —one of the icons of the youth rebellion of the 1960s and 1970s— was jailed in Italy accused of drug possession, in what was nothing more than another attempt to destroy his soul through from the confinement of his body. And as a result of confinement, this text is born in which Clémenti, with great lucidity, turns his particular case into a seamless denunciation of prison society, making public the fate of prisoners behind the walls. A luck that is inseparable from that of the rest of society. We complete this volume with a filmography of the author —in his double role as actor and director—, with a list of his theatrical works, with an introduction by his translator Diego Luis Sanromán and with a prologue and an epilogue by Pierre's son, Balthazar Clémenti. .

In addition to a concise plea against prison, this text is a magnificent exposition of Clémenti's contagious philosophy of life and his work in the entertainment industry.

[…] I hate limitations, I like to be available for the adventures that destiny plots and that my “career”, as they say, is not regulated, controlled, planned by a brain-trust for the coming years. I believe that only freedom, even if it means problems, poverty, discomfort, can allow you to truly create following your heart, give your brothers a message that does not alienate them and that gives them the strength to free themselves from the prisons in which that maintains them that same system that wants to appropriate your substance. I know that it is more than difficult, practically impossible, in the entertainment industry as it is today in France, which is completely rotten with pasta, to be able to endure, to remain true to oneself, to preserve that purity that gives meaning to any creation, and at the same time "comply with the contract", satisfying the interests of the businessmen who bet on you. Either you sell yourself and quickly empty yourself, or you remain a marginal and you fight for your ideas. […]