The Great Ambition

The Great Ambition

2024 · 122 min · IT · 7.2 (188 votes)
Dir. Andrea Segre · Starring Elio Germano, Paolo Pierobon, Roberto Citran, Stefano Abbati, Francesco Acquaroli, Paolo Calabresi · Music iosonouncane
DramaHistory

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.

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This is a weighty, somber journey through a pivotal political era. It feels like a deep dive into earnest ambition and the complex, often tragic, dance of power and idealism. Expect a reflective, historically grounded experience, steeped in the gravity of a man's fight to change the world.

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