He wanted to launch the appeal to experience nature while feeling free from the whitewashed roofs of the island, telling his life story and his inner journey, challenging the frost with an ironic video, but at the same time with a profound human meaning.
For Manuele Derudas (43) from Porto Torres, this morning's trip to Fonni was not just a trip out of town with his adventure companion Antonio Unida "Jodo", but also the opportunity for a sketch, with which he attempted to open a profound reflection. Which transpires from the opening of the film, in which Unida exclaims: «What a beautiful girl», taking up an image of when Derudas was Manuela, before completing the journey in 2011 that led him to change sex and become a man.
«It's me», Derudas exclaims in the clip, braving the cold with his bare chest, and then continues: «Better to say, that's who I was in the photo, when I was 15 years old. Today I am proud to be a man. I want to send a message to everyone, so that you have the courage to feel yourself and free like I am doing today, here at zero degrees."
And even when contacted by telephone, Derudas reiterates: «I began a psychological and internal journey as early as 2007. I have always wanted to be a man and in July 2011 I was reborn, after a surgery in Bologna which completed my sex change. I would do it all again and I will never stop thanking my family and many friends for always supporting me in my choices."
