Cinema at the Institute: Incontri in Biblioteca: Contemporary Italian
In Italian, with subtitles in English
1943/1944. Martina is 8 years old and she lives with her family in a rural area in central Italy. Maria stopped talking since the death of her infant brother a few years ago. Her mother is pregnant again and Martina lives for the arrival of her new brother. Meanwhile, the war is getting closer and closer, forcing the people of the village to tread a difficult path, torn between the partisan brigades and the Nazi army. On practically the same day as the birth of Martina’s brother, the SS start a massive roundup of civilians in the area, an infamous event that will come to be known as the Marzabotto massacre during which more than 780 people were killed in houses, cemeteries and churches, out of which the majority were women and children.
Director: Giorgio Diritti
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Maya Sansa, Claudio Casadio, Greta Zucceri, Montanari, Stefano Bicocci
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