We Believed

We Believed

2010
★★★☆☆ 6.6/10
⏱️ 170 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 IT
HistoryDramaAdventure
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.

Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio
Luigi Lo Cascio
Domenico Lopresti
Valerio Binasco
Valerio Binasco
Angelo Cammarota
Francesca Inaudi
Francesca Inaudi
Cristina di Belgiojoso
Andrea Bosca
Andrea Bosca
Angelo Cammarota (giovane)
Edoardo Natoli
Edoardo Natoli
Domenico Lopresti (giovane)
Luigi Pisani
Luigi Pisani
Salvatore Tambasco

Crew

Director
Mario Martone
Writer
Mario Martone, Giancarlo De Cataldo
Producer
Conchita Airoldi, Patrizia Massa, Carlo Degli Esposti

Production

Palomar, Les Films d'Ici, RAI, Feltrinelli Real Cinema, RAI Cinema, ARTE France Cinéma, MiC, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Apulia Film Commission, Regione Puglia, Regione Piemonte, La Città di Torino

Keywords

disillusionmentrevolutionarypolitical intrigue group of friendsrevisionist historybetrayal by frienditalian historyhistorical drama19th centuryspanning generations