Alessandro Galluzzi

On 29 May 1985, the Heysel Stadium in Brussels was the scene of one of the greatest tragedies in the history of sport. The documentary "Heysel 1985" uses never-before-seen eyewitness accounts and archive footage to reconstruct the drama that changed European football forever. What started as a happy day, the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool, ended in a dramatic and senseless tragedy that still pains fans and football fans today, exactly forty years after the event.

Everything started from the house of Celebrity Big Brother after statements by Adua Del Vesco and Massimiliano Morra. With the death of Teodosio Losito on January 8, 2019, an inquiry was opened by the Prosecutor’s Office of Rome for incitement to suicide, at the end of which the dismissal was requested.

Sigonella unravels the Achille Lauro hijacking and the standoff that led Italy to defy the U.S. Through firsthand accounts and dynamic visuals, it captures a tense mix of espionage and politics, echoing today's geopolitical struggles.