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The Smile of the Leader (2011)
Directed by Marco Bechis
Documentary, History · 1h 15m
Using astounding footage from the Luce archives (newsreels, but also true films) Il sorriso del capo/The Smile of the Leader shows how propaganda works, presents everyday life in its most revealing details, and describes a country's "education". Marco Bechis explores the feeling of consensus: he tells us where it originates, what tools are used to spread it, how it is opposed. The thread running through the film is a voice, enigmatic until the end, narrating in the first person what it is like to grow up under fascism.
Cast
Benito Mussolini
Crew
- Director
- Marco Bechis
- Screenplay
- Marco Bechis, Gigi Riva
- Writer
- Marco Bechis, Gigi Riva
- Director of Photography
- Alvise Tedesco
- Original Music Composer
- Pericle Odierna
- Editor
- Marco Bechis, Iacopo Patierno
- Producer
- Marco Bechis, Luciano Sovena
Details
- Original title
- Il sorriso del capo
- Release date
- 2011-11-27
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Karta Film