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From Garibaldi to Berlusconi – 150 Years of Italian History

From Garibaldi to Berlusconi – 150 Years of Italian History
Image courtesy of Franco Piavoli from "Evasi" (1964)

From Garibaldi to Berlusconi – 150 Years of Italian History (2011, HD, 118’ or 2x59’) by Enrico Cerasuolo.
An ARTE France / Les Films d’Ici / Zenit Arti Audiovisive co-production, in association with RSI Televisione Svizzera Italiana, with the support of Media Programme of the European Union, PROCIREP ANGOA, Piemonte Doc Film Fund – Fondo regionale per il documentario, Città di Torino within Esperienza Italia, with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie.

Synopsis:
The problem faced by Italy's leaders 150 years ago and summed up in the famous phrase "having made Italy, now we have to make Italians" has remained at the forefront of Italian history right up until the present day. Even now, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, we continue to ask ourselves who we are and what holds us together. While for us, to say “us” has always been extremely difficult, what has always united us however is our culture. From Garibaldi to Berlusconi: a two-hour journey through one and a half centuries of political and cultural Italian history, exploring what has held us together and what has torn us apart, both in the past and in the present.

Featuring: Walter Barberis, Sandro Cappelletto, Giovanni Carpinelli, Vincenzo Consolo, Giovanni De Luna, John Foot, Marc Lazar, Salvatore Lupo, Duncan McDonnell, Silvana Patriarca, Luisa Passerini, Lucy Riall, Chiara Saraceno, Sebastiano Vassalli.

From Garibaldi to Berlusconi – 150 Years of Italian History From Garibaldi to Berlusconi – 150 Years of Italian History

Technical data:
Written and directed by: Enrico Cerasuolo
Produced by: Massimo Arvat (Zenit Arti Audiovisive), Serge Lalou (Les Films d’Ici)
Historic consultants: Giovanni Carpinelli, Duncan McDonnell
Photography: Ned Burgess, Nina Bernfeld, Paolo Rapalino
Sound: Fabio Coggiola, Laurent Rodriguez, Gianluca Donati
Archive researcher: Ilaria Sbarigia
Original music: Gregorio Caporale
Editing: Ruben Korenfeld
Line producer: Sylvie Brenet

Festivals

  • Festival International du Film d’Histoire, Pessac, 2011

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