original title:
La scelta di Maria
directed by:
cast:
Sonia Bergamasco, Cesare Bocci, Alessio Vassallo
production:
country:
Italy
year:
2021
film run:
90'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (06/10/2021)
festivals & awards:
In a stirring blend of archival footage, fictional recreations, interviews, and animation, the film delves into the story of Italy’s ‘Unknown Soldier’. November 4, 2021, in fact, is the hundredth anniversary of the burial of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria in Rome. Thanks to a collaboration with the Ministry of Defense, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the city of Aquileia, and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, this film reconstructs the events that led up to that event in 1921.