The Films of My Life

From animation to horror, from musicals to science fiction, this is a love letter to cinema and to the power of stories to accompany us, transform us, and stay with us forever.

We all have a personal filmography: the first movie that dazzled us, the character we wanted to become, the scene we never forgot, the soundtrack that still takes us back, the film we watched at exactly the right moment in life.

In The Films of My Life, Esther Gili uses her own memories as a starting point for a much larger journey through the movies that shape us. From childhood discoveries to teenage obsessions, from cult favourites to unforgettable directors, this volume explores the genres, characters, narratives and images that have marked the emotional landscape of an entire generation.

Through memories, discoveries, and shared obsessions, the book reveals how the stories we love help build our identity: the films that made us dream bigger, feel deeper, laugh harder, fear the dark, fall in love with beauty or understand something about ourselves before we had the words for it.

By the author of works that have sold over 50,000 copies and have been translated into Russian and Italian.