Bologna 2002. The murder of a professor reopens old political wounds, as Marco (Giuseppe Battiston), a far left-wing activist and convicted terrorist who long ago fled Italy for asylum in France, is suspected of ordering the killing. Now, the authorities request his extradition, forcing Marco to abandon his peaceful life as an intellectual in Paris and go on the run with his teenage daughter, Viola (Charlotte Cétaire). Two stories develop in parallel: Director Annarita Zambrano follows the vicissitudes of Marco and Viola’s flight to Lisbon, exploring the relationship between a father and a child torn between love for her cantankerous parent and her need for freedom. At the same time, the fugitive’s family faces consequences for his actions back home in Italy. Prosecutors besiege his protective mother, while his sister Anna feels only bitterness, as the media attacks her husband, a judge with career aspirations. For Marco’s past sins, his entire family must pay. AFTER THE WAR screened in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard in 2017. –
Paolo BarleraCo-presented by
Istituto Italiano Scuola ,
California Film Institute, and
Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in San Francisco.