One of the first propaganda films ever made, A noi! was shot in 1922 and covered the March on Rome, an important event in the rise of Italian fascism. A hundred years later, cinephile and documentarian Mark Cousins revisits this film and deconstructs its cinematic techniques, which are still effective today. Benito Mussolini didn’t even have to participate in the march of the blackshirts – it was enough for him to appear in a documentary about it. In his audiovisual essay, Cousins places the event and its visual depiction into historical, political, and cinematic contexts. Through actress Alba Rohrwacher, he presents the viewpoint of ordinary Italians.
Ondřej Kopřiva
98 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Mark Cousins
/ Screenplay Mark Cousins
/ Dir. of Photography Mark Cousins, Timoty Aliprandi
/ Music Concetta Lombardo, Filippo Lilli
/ Sound Stefano Di Fiore
/ Editor Timo Langer
/ Producer Antonio Badalamenti, Andrea Romeo, Ermanno Guida
/ Production Palomar SPA
/ Cast Alba Rohrwacher
/ Sales The Match Factory
Mark Cousins (1965, Belfast, Northern Ireland). Selected filmography: The First Movie (2009, doc.), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011, doc.), A Story of Children and Film (2013, doc.), The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018, doc.), The March on Rome (Marcia su Roma, 2022, doc.).
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