Some departures seem like escapes. Others, however, are returns.
Returns to oneself, to a buried dream, to that inner voice you have tried to silence for years.
But sooner or later, it comes back to be heard.
“NEW YORK SOLO ANDATA” –If you can dream it, you can do it – is a journey among those who, with courage and defiance, landed in the Big Apple, just like our ancestors.
This film, however, is not just about New York.
It is about choices that change your life. About days without direction and nights when hope is the only thing left.
It is about what it means to give up everything, with no guarantees.
With a suitcase full of fears. And a ticket that says: one way.
Davide Ippolito takes us on a journey that is not measured in kilometers, but in transformations.
It is a story made up of faces encountered, stories, uncertain steps on unfamiliar sidewalks, and that fierce feeling that grips you when you realize that change does not wait for the right moment.
It just happens.
“If you can dream it, you can do it” is not a phrase for mugs or wall posters.
It’s the silent cry of those who have stopped settling.
Of those who have realized that to truly live means risking everything for something you can’t explain. But you feel it.
New York One Way is the emotional diary of a silent revolution.
A story that smells of freedom, rebirth, vertigo. And truth.
Because sometimes you need to get completely lost to have the courage to find yourself.
Elsewhere.
Or perhaps, finally, right here. In New York.
About:
Davide Ippolito, born in Naples, lives in New York. He is a reputation expert, editor, and author for Amazon Prime Video. Founder of ilNewyorkese and Reputation Review and scientific director of the Italian American Reputation Lab, he consults for organizations such as NIAF, Confindustria, and Federmanager. He is a commentator for La7 on issues surrounding reputation and the United States. In 2023, he published the book Against Stereotypes: The Real Reputation of Italian Americans and has published four books on reputation and two essays distributed by Mondadori. He has taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Emory University in Atlanta, and management training companies.
New York Solo Andata tells the story of the American Dream from the first waves of Italian immigration to the present day through the voices of those who have always believed in it and made it come true. Davide Ippolito leaves Italy and meets Italians living in New York to recount the most unusual aspects of the city that never sleeps and to remind us that “if you can dream it, you can do it.”
