Initially, it was supposed to be called “Locanda del Parrino,” meaning the priest’s inn, because this group of houses belonged to one of the priest’s daughters in the village. However, in the end, the name, which was almost given as a joke, remained, in honor of the film by Massimo Troisi, who had come to shoot some scenes in the bay of Pollara. It was the 1990s, and the Leva family had just acquired a few houses to fulfill their dream of opening an inn with a sea view. A project that took shape slowly over thirty years, during which Mauro and Amelia’s children grew up within these walls and today are part of the team. Because this inn is, first and foremost, a family, a community where everyone contributes their own talent. Once we’ve arrived here, the island fades behind us. We spend our mornings reading on the patio, chatting with the neighbors, reaching the rocks, and returning with the fluorescent sun disappearing and reappearing between the winding roads. We return just in time for the final act, when the garden at the back comes to life with little lights, external guests take their place at the reserved table, the tone softens, and it feels like being at the theater, everyone seated admiring the masterful meeting of warm and blue colors on the horizon, until only fleeting glimmers of Filicudi remain. The dinner served on the terrace, with a succession of dishes from the island’s tradition, cooked with simplicity and art, is the final act of this Mediterranean idyll.