Latina, een stadje opgericht door de fascisten van Mussolini net buiten Rome, jaren '60. De jonge Accio groeit op in een arme familie en krijgt al snel fascistische sympathieën, al was het maar omdat hij ze in zijn omgeving veel tegenkomt. Zijn oudere broer Manrico is aan de ene kant zijn grote held en voorbeeld, maar aan de andere kant is dat een 'verderfelijke' communist, evenals diens vriendin die een speciaal plaatsje in Accios hart heeft. De relatie tussen de broers wordt desalniettemin sterker naarmate ze opgroeien.
"La Meglio Gioventù" vertelt het verhaal van een Italiaanse familie van het einde van de jaren zestig tot nu. Het verhaal focust op de broers Nicola en Matteo.
Het verhaal wordt verteld vanuit de persoonlijke beleving van de jonge Anna, een terroriste die deel uit maakt van de gewapende strijd en die is betrokken bij een ontvoering. We zien de complexe wereld, gevormd door de jaren van terrorisme, volgens Anna's begrip: een hopeloos standpunt, vaak angstig en bewust of onbewust kortzichtig ten opzichte van de werkelijkheid om haar heen.
On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of far-right groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.
Giovanni Vivaldi heeft maar weinig ambitie. Hij vindt de dingen allemaal wel goed zoals ze nu zijn. Hij heeft een geweldige zoon en een fijn buitenhuisje dat hij graag regelmatig opknapt. Zijn vrouw Amalia is ook gelukkig en adoreert haar zoon. Wanneer echter de zoon als onschuldige omstander, gedood wordt door bankovervallers knapt er iets in Giovanni.
1972, Milan. Just a few days before the general elections, a young girl from an esteemed family is raped and murdered. Bizanti, editor-in-chief of a conservative newspaper, tries to derail the official police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his boss to win the elections.
United by an uncompromising struggle as members of the infamous 1970s far-left terrorist group Prima Linea, fugitive couple Sergio and Susanna have become increasingly alienated from the real world. Their luck runs out when Susanna is captured and thrown in jail. Putting his life on the line, Sergio embarks on a radical plan... Loosely based on the memoir by Prima Linea's 'commander' Sergio Segio.
Giorgio Pellegrini is een voormalig terrorist die na jaren in Zuid-Amerika te hebben ondergedoken, een normaal leventje met zijn familie wil leiden. Hiervoor trekken ze terug naar Italië, waar Giorgio onmiddellijk weer geconfronteerd wordt met zijn gewelddadige verleden, zijn voormalige criminele kameraden en corrupte politiemensen.
On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII. 55 days later, his body will be found in the trunk of a car. This is a neutral and factual account of what happened in between.
Aanklacht tegen de behandeling van de RAF terroristen in de gevangenis. Duitsland 1968 ; Marianne en Juliane, twee dochters van een priester, vechten voor hun veranderingen in de maatschappij zoals vrijheid van abortus. De zusters zijn echter compleet verschillend.
Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.
Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to the Mitterrand Doctrine, is suspected of being its instigator. When the Italian government asks for extradition, Marco goes into hiding with his daughter Viola, precipitating also the life of his family back in Italy.
Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of — occasionally dubbed — archival footage.
Who is the mysterious stranger Cecilia met on the street? Why is he suspicious of everyone? She is happily married, has a lovely child and a good job: yet she decides to join him and to become his lover, sharing his destiny right up to its tragic conclusion.
The film is the result of a planned trilogy about the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades first announced by director Grimaldi in 2003: shot in the UK on a low budget, the project was never completed because of lack of funding and other issues, and the existing footage from the first two planned installments was condensed into a single movie and released on DVD in 2009.
June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts fighting to break free the truth from the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.
Italy, early 80's. A political terrorist is being transferred northward from Sicily for a conjugal visit; during the journey, a police captain tries to make him cooperate.
Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.
Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding in South America for five years, only to find out that his comrades either gave up their ideals or turned to drugs, while all they fought for seems to have set the stage for near-anarchy.
It's moving day for the Via Marsili 19th apartment in Bologna, Italy, a former hotbed of the Movement of 1977. While waiting for the movers to finish their job, cultural agitator Franco Bifo Berardi leads us through a decade-long trip down memory lane.