During the Italian release of Berlinguer: The Great Ambition, a remarkable and unexpected turnout of young people filled theaters. We wanted to understand why, and we stopped in various cities to talk to them, in movie theaters, universities, and places of civic and political engagement.

We and the Great Ambition

is the fruit of this journey into the relationship between life and politics, between the individual and society, between fear and dreams among today’s twenty- and thirty-year-old generation.

The documentary film, combining encounters and dialogues with backstage images and previously unseen scenes from the film, offers an opportunity to listen and reflect on a historical period marked by a profound crisis in democratic participation. Here, the lively, yet sometimes disillusioned, gaze of young people can offer an opportunity for reflection, hope, and courage. It’s a portrait of a generation we too often portray as indifferent, fragmented, and confused, but which, in the film, demonstrates a social, political, and existential intelligence that deeply engages us.

In theaters starting November 10th, distributed by ZaLab in collaboration with Lucky Red and Circuito Cinema.

To request the film, please email: distribution@zalabfilm.eu