CARLITOS

RF Lucchetti
EEdition: Marco Aurélio Lucchetti

When many years have passed – the same “"many years"” From the beginning of most fairy tales – under this same blue sky the same white clouds will pass, the sea will make the same murmur on the golden beach, there will be a fragrant spring day like today, new flowers will bloom in the gardens… Other men will weave their dreams, cherish illusions, want to love and laugh, they will forget… And nothing, absolutely nothing, will remain of us and our lives.
So, from the existence of sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, a renowned and brilliant comedian, will only survive through his character, Charlie Chaplin. The rest – his harsh childhood as a poor boy, his theater performances, his beginnings in cinema, his fabulous success, his unparalleled glory, his loves, marriages, divorces, bitterness, illusions, disillusionments, struggles, the millions of dollars he earned – will be lost in time. No one will know if Chaplin was good or bad, a millionaire or a pauper, joyful or sad, nor if his life was beautiful or vulgar. Everything will have been carried away by time, just as dry leaves are carried by the wind.It will only be Charlie Chaplin, with his tattered hat, misshapen shoes, nimble cane, boundless kindness, easy emotions, weakness in the face of life, generosity, and quixotism.