In Summer 82, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story of Frank Zappa’s star-crossed concert in Palermo, Sicily, the wrap-up to a European tour that ended in public disturbances and police intervention. Cuccia had a ticket to the concert but never made it. Thirty years later, collaborating with Zappa’s children, he re-creates the events through a combination of insider footage; photographs; anecdotes from family, band members, and concertgoers; and insights from Zappa biographer Massimo Bassoli. The story is also a personal one, as Cuccia interweaves the story of Zappa’s trip to Sicily with his own memories from that summer. The film looks at the rise and heyday of Frank Zappa’s career as an innovative composer and libertarian provocateur, and includes such tales as how Moon Unit and her busy father came to collaborate on their hit song “Valley Girl.” While in Sicily for the concert, Zappa visited Partinico, the homeplace of his father and grandfather; in the film’s warm and loving coda, Zappa’s children return to visit their relatives there.  NK