Interno Lenin emerges from the intertwining of two threads of memory: one intimate and familial, describing the bond between a father and his son; the other collective, rooted in the history of two worlds that are both divided and connected — separately by the Iron Curtain and in the relationship between Italian communism and the Soviet Union. The story begins with a journey in 1974, when Graziano Pastorini, a young militant of the Pistoia branch of the Communist Party, is invited to take part in one of the so-called “ friendship trips”, organized by the tour operator Italturist to strengthen ties between the Italian Communist Party and socialists countries…