Screening of the film
“Il signore delle formiche”
by Gianni Amelio
2024.5.23 19:00
Italian Cultural Institute
Directed by Gianni Amelio
Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese
2022, Italy, 134’
In Italian with Chinese subtitle
Plot:
The film is based on a true event from late 1960s Italy. Italian poet, playwright, and director Aldo Brabanti was prosecuted and jailed due to his intimate actions with a student. Amidst overwhelming accusations, supporters, and the voices of a hypocritical public, a journalist risks everything to follow natural instincts and inner truth, seeking the truth between secret desires that society cannot understand or respect.