We Believed
The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.
Mario Martone
Casts & Crew
Luigi Pisani
Luigi Lo Cascio
Valerio Binasco
Francesca Inaudi
Andrea Bosca
Edoardo Natoli
Guido Caprino
Renato Carpentieri
Michele Riondino
Peppino Mazzotta
Franco Ravera
Stefano Cassetti
Andrea Renzi
Ivan Franěk
Roberto De Francesco
Toni Servillo
Luca Barbareschi
Fiona Shaw
Luca Zingaretti
Anna Bonaiuto
Giovanni Capalbo
Pietro Manigrasso
Pino Calabrese
Enzo Salomone
Alfonso Santagata
Giovanni Calcagno
Nuccio Siano
Dante de Rose
Paolo Civati
Carlo Guitto
Also Directed by Mario Martone
An agricultural setting in the mid-14th century. Vineyards and olive groves stretch as far as the eye can see. In the distance, there is a farmstead, simple but not poor. The family that lives there consists of father, mother and an eight-year old son, Nino. As farmers, they have everything they need and nothing more. The rhythm of their days is set by the hours tolled by the bells, the passing of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the rain and wind, the searing heat of summer. Nino wakes at dawn and takes the goats to pasture. Traversing archaic, sublime landscapes, he walks as if on an immensely long journey down a path of knowledge.
In 1914, with Italy about to enter World War I, a commune of young artists from Northern Europe establishes itself on the rural island of Capri, a safe haven for dissidents and nonconformists from all over the world, like Russian exiles led by Maxim Gorky, preparing to an upcoming revolution. Here, local girl Lucia meets Seybu, the charming leader of the commune, and Carlo, a young doctor.
From the Opera House of Rome Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini. Orchestra and Choir Of The Opera of Rome, conductor Daniele Gatti. Directed by Mario Martone.
Short film directed by Mario Martone, inspired by the work of the painter Francesco Hayez.
The director resumes at the theater Laura Berti who reads the most beautiful lyrics of Pier Paolo Pasolini, giving with his hands, voice and words, rhythm and unity to the work.