Plot

The story of a glass of beer, a field of hops and the ambition of a crazy dreamer. Teo Musso explores the origins and vision that led him to create one of the biggest craft beer brands craft beer brands in the world: Baladin. 'A scent of earth and wind envelops us in the dark, a few lights in the distance: farmsteads, cars that you can barely audible; and I think of the strength that made me this man, snatching him from the sea, from distant lands, from the silence that lasts.' Cesare Pavese 'I mari del Sud'. It takes courage to bet on a dream. And it takes madness to think outside the box. Teo Musso - who has courage and madness to spare - in this documentary explores the reasons and vicissitudes that led him to create the first 100 per cent Italian craft beer that has become a world-renowned excellence with a unique identity, being produced in an area renowned for its wine production: the Langhe. We discover that Teo the entrepreneur has remained a dreamer at heart, and is still that guy who had a vision and the determination to pursue it, and that behind a great name like 'Baladin' lies simplicity and genius of a man who is off the beaten track. Teo, despite his success, has never changed his life or betrayed his origins: he still lives in Piozzo, a village of 900 souls, which has seen its history change at the hands of a boy with an idea. Because the best things remain the simplest. And everything starts from the earth. From the sun. And from water.