The Invisible Ones
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''The Invisible Ones'' ( it, Gli invisibili) is a 1988 Italian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
Pasquale Squitieri Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("''La battaglia''") and even a ...
. It is loosely based on the novel ''Gli invisibili'' by
Nanni Balestrini Nanni Balestrini (2 July 1935 – 19 May 2019) was an Italian experimental poet, author and visual artist of the Neoavanguardia movement. Context Nanni Balestrini is associated with the Italian writers' movement Neoavanguardia. He wrote for th ...
. The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
.Sauro Borelli. "Una storia invisibile". ''
L'Unità ''l'Unità'' (, lit. 'the Unity') was an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the ...
''. 6 September 1988.


Plot

At the beginning of the eighties, Sirio, a young worker of the Terni steelworks with a past in student protesting, decides to abandon his job to join an extreme left-wing group. Although he declares himself contrary to the armed struggle following the decision by some elements of the group to carry out terrorist actions, he is arrested upon being caught with his best friend Apache. Although there is no real evidence of his guilt, Sirio is promised freedom only if he will talk about the organization and his companions. He refuses, and is subsequently transferred to a maximum security prison where he meets some of his companions (including Apache) and the Professor, a far-left philosopher considered the main inspiration of the movement. Life in the special prison seems to be better than in the penitentiary until, following a revolt led by some extreme leftist militants and sedated by the Special Intervention Group of the police, maximum security is re-established. These events will lead Sirio to estrange himself more and more from reality, until he finally loses contact with the outside world.


Cast

* Alfredo Rotella as Sirio * Giulia Fossà as China * Igor Zalewsky as Apache *
Victor Cavallo Victor Cavallo (birth name Vittorio Vitolo, 8 May 1947 in Rome – 21 January 2000 in Rome) was an Italian actor and underground writer. He started his acting career on stage in 1974, in cinema worked for directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci a ...
as Maurizio * Paola Rinaldi as Valeriana * Mauro Festa as The Professor * Alessandro Zama as Ortica * Daniela Igliozzi as Sirio's Mother * Salvatore Billa as Domenico


References


External links

* 1988 drama films 1988 films Films directed by Pasquale Squitieri Italian drama films Films about terrorism 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub