Storming Heaven

Storming Heaven

2016 · 72 min · ★ 6.9 · Documentary

Exclusively made of documentary archive footage, the film captures the parable of the young people who took part in the extra-parliamentary political battles in Italy between 1967 and 1977 and whom, with their passions and dreams as well as their violent acts, followed the idea of a revolution in an attempt to “storm Heaven.”

Directed by Francesco Munzi

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Franco Bifo Berardi Self (archive footage)

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