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The Enemy: a Partisan Hymnbook

Directed by Federico Spinetti

2015 – 80'

Synopsis

A gunshot echoes from 1944, leading Italian post-punk musician Massimo Zamboni to uncover his family’s past. Long after the break-up of C.S.I., the historic band that he co-founded, Zamboni calls back the ex-members to engage again with the contested legacy of the WWII antifascist Resistenza in today’s Italy. Private and collective memories collide as a new musical project is born. The musicians gather in the Theatre of Gualtieri, a town replete with war memories. Their compositional process, and Zamboni’s travail as he interrogates the fault-lines of remembrance and oblivion in his family and community, become the backbone of The Enemy.

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RAI FILM Festival 2025

The next RAI FILM Festival will take place in person from 27-30 March 2025 at the Watershed Cinema and the Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts in Bristol (UK) and online throughout the month of April 2025.