In the heart of Florence's old town, where streams of tourists stroll across the Ponte Vecchio and pose for selfies, Antonella Lumini has been realizing her own vision of a hermit’s life for decades. Devoted to prayer and silence, the urban hermit listens inwardly while the life of a tourist metropolis pulsates around her. Silence, prayer, listening, offering comfort, inviting others to share in the stillness. In a room of her old town apartment, Antonella Lumini has set up a "Pustinia," a desert hermitage, where she sits with visitors and lets the song of the soul resonate. Italian journalist Paolo Rodari has accompanied the urban hermit on her journeys and documented her life story. Antonella Lumini practices a primal form of Christian mysticism, drawing from various traditions of Christianity.