We Believed

We Believed

Directed by Mario Martone

Produced by Palomar, Les Films d'Ici

2010170 min6.6 / 10

A sweeping historical drama tracing the erosion of youthful idealism across decades as three friends' revolutionary fervor collides with political reality and personal betrayal.

1828. After witnessing the brutal repression of revolutions in 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 decades.

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