This short film tells the story of the most important cinema trend that Italy has ever produced - Neo Realism. Born after the Second World War, this veritable cultural revolution rapidly became a boundless source of inspiration for movie-makers throughout the entire world. Even today it influences those wanting to produce quality movies characterized and identified as Italian products able to be exported as well. It is precisely one of the masters of this unique current rich in different personalities who introduces the story - Carlo Lizzani - whose 'lesson' reconstructs the birth and development of Neorealism in Italy. It combined innovative movie techniques with a new view based on a 'true' interpretation of reality. Due to its high cultural value, this short film was given the highest reknown of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy.
Carlo Lizzani
Writer
Gianni Bozzacchi
Writer, Director

Bernardo Bertolucci
Self

Gabriel García Márquez
Self

Vittorio Taviani
Self

Paolo Taviani
Self

Umberto Eco
Self

Carlo Lizzani
Narrator / Self
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
The Class of ‘9271%
Night Will Fall76%
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
LA Originals69%
The Captains63%
180° South72%
Directed by John Ford70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Room 23761%
Being James Bond77%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
And the Oscar Goes To...68%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Girl Rising70%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Gilbert67%