Release in theaters in Belgium and France on October 8, 2025.
Berlinguer, the great ambition
A film by Andrea Segre, 2024-
Genre : Biopic, Historical
Language : Italian
Subtitles : French, English
Format: 2.00:1
Sound : 5.1.
Duration : 122′
Countries : Italy (Vivo Films & Jolefilm), Bulgaria (Agitprop), Belgium
Year : 2024
SYNOPSIS
-Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.
CREDITS
-Director : Andrea Segre
Writers: Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello
DOP: Benoit Dervaux
Sound: Alessandro Parmerini
Art director: Alessandro Vannucci
Costume designer: Silvia Segoloni
Make-up: Sara Morlando
Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Music: Iosonouncane
Sound editing : Marc Bastien
Mixing : Franco Piscopo
Casting: Elio Germano, Stefano Abbati, Francesco Acquaroli, Paolo Calabresi, Roberto Citran
Distributor Benelux : Filmandcom
Distributor France : Nour Films
Distributor Italy : Lucky Red
International sales : Fandago
FESTIVALS
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Rome Film Festival - Opening film - Best Actor “Vittorio Gassman” Prize for Elio Germano
Politik - International political film festival
Politik - International political film festival
DIRECTOR
-Film and documentary director and screenwriter, he also holds a PhD in Sociology of Communication and Cultural Processes, and is a co-founder of Zalab.
He has written and directed four feature films: Io sono Li (nominated for 4 David di Donatello awards, winner of dozens of international prizes, including the Lux Prize of the European Parliament), La Prima Neve (Orizzonti section of the 70th Venice Film Festival and winner of the Annecy Festival), L’Ordine delle Cose (Official Selection at the 74th Venice Film Festival, winner of the Human Rights Award), and Welcome Venice (Notti Veneziane – 18th Giornate degli Autori, winner of the 25th edition of “Cinema! Italia!” in 2022, a traveling festival of Italian cinema organized in Germany). Berlinguer. La grande ambizione is his latest film, chosen to open the 19th edition of the Rome Film Festival (2024), where it competes in the Official Selection.
He has also made several documentaries, including: Marghera Canale Nord (60th Venice Film Festival), La Mal’ombra (25th Turin Film Festival), Come un uomo sulla terra (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2009 David di Donatello Awards), Magari le cose cambiano (“Avanti!” Award at the 27th Turin Film Festival), Il Sangue Verde (CinemaDoc Prize at the Giornate degli Autori – 67th Venice Film Festival), Mare Chiuso (Globo d’Oro for Best Documentary in 2012), Indebito (opening event of the 66th Locarno Festival), Come il peso dell’acqua (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2015 Nastri d’Argento), I Sogni del Lago Salato (Official Selection at the 68th Locarno Festival), Ibi (Official Selection at the 70th Locarno Festival), Molecole (screened during the pre-opening night of the 77th Venice Film Festival), Trieste è bella di notte (34th Trieste Film Festival).
