Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni

An Italian documentary about the Monster of Florence.

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.

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.

Five masters of Italian art and culture give a masterclass inside Rome's MAXXI museum, telling their own story in their own words: the craft, the creative process, and the beginnings, encounters and setbacks behind the work.