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L' uomo che verrą

Synopsis
Winter, 1943. Martina, the only child of a poor farming family, is eight-years-old and lives on the slopes of Monte Sole. Years earlier her little brother died when just a few days old and since then she has stopped talking. Her mother becomes pregnant again and Martina waits for the baby that will be born, while the war slowly draws nearer and life becomes increasingly difficult, squeezed between commander Lupo's partisan brigades and the advancing Nazis. The baby boy is finally born on the night between September 28 and 29, 1944. Almost at the same time the S.S. carry out an unprecedented roundup in the area, which will go down in history as the Marzabotto massacre.


Director
Giorgio Diritti was born in Bologna in 1959. He has worked alongside Carlo Lizzani, Lina Wetmüller, Florestano Vancini and Pupi Avati. He participates in the activities run by Ipotesi Cinema, founded and directed by Ermanno Olmi. His short film Cappello da marinaio was shown in competition at numerous festivals. In 1993 he made the TV movie Quasi un anno. His feature film debut, Il vento fa il suo giro (The Wind Blows Round, 2005), won many prizes and, in 2008, received 5 nominations for Italy's David di Donatello awards. The project for L'uomo che verrą was presented at New Cinema Network during the Rome Film Fest in 2006.