UOMINI IN MARCIA (Italy, 2023, 75′ doc)

Friday, October 4, at 9 pm Cinema Massimo, Screen 3

On Friday, October 4, at 9 pm at Cinema Massimo, Sardinian director Peter Marcias will be a guest of Job Film Days to present his latest film, Uomini in marcia (Italy, 2023), a careful and participatory survey of workers’ claims during the 20th century in Italy, with a close look at Sardinia. The film is rich in archival images and valuable testimonies.
The event is organized in collaboration with Associazione Sardi Torino Antonio Gramsci.

The film will be presented by the director. Followed by Q&A with the director and Gianni Loy (journalist). Chiara Borroni (film critic) will moderate.

Methods of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets online or at the Cinema Massimo box office

Direction and screenplay: Peter Marcias
Photography: Simone Ruggiu
Editing: Fabrizio Federico
Music: Stefano Guzzetti
Production: Ganesh Produzioni, Ultima Onda Produzioni

A look back, to the recent past, to march together with those who fought and defended a human right, vital and fundamental, today increasingly denied and debased in its ethical meaning: the right to work and its dignity. Voices of struggle, interviews, reflections vibrate in the fluctuating magma of archive photos, reminding us that history is us. An instructive journey, among sacrifices and strikes, solidarity and battles, workers and trade unions, against inequalities and injustices: words and concepts not to be lost, especially today, in the precarious times of the gig economy.
The new film by Sardinian director Peter Marcias is a careful acknowledgement of workers’ claims during the 20th century in Italy, choosing Sardinia as the central location for this investigation. Uomini in marcia also deals with issues such as the right to study and environmental calamities due to the devastating industrial pollution. Among the testimonies, two great filmmakers stand out who have investigated labour by putting it at the forefront of so many of their works: the British director Ken Loach and the French director Laurent Cantet (who died on April 25, 2024 at the age of 63).

Peter Marcias (Oristano, Italy, 1977) launched his career in cinema with short films. He made his debut feature in 2008 with Un attimo sospesi starring Paolo Bonacelli, Nino Frassica and Ana Caterina Morariu. The subsequent, I bambini della sua vita, won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for Piera Degli Esposti. In 2012, Dimmi che destino avrò was presented at the Turin Film Festival, while La nostra quarantena with Francesca Neri was a special event at the Pesaro International Film Festival and a finalist at the Nastri d’argento. Marcias has also directed documentaries, including Ma la Spagna non era cattolica? and Silenzi e parole, both dealing with Lgbtqia+ issues. Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne (Nilde Iotti, the time of women), starring Paola Cortellesi, was selected for the Authors Days of the 77th Venice Film Festival. Marcias’ works show a strong interest in a cinema linked to artistic, social and political issues.

Filmography: Olivia (2003, s.f.), Il canto delle cicale (2004, s.f.), Bambini (episodio Sono Alice, 2006), Ma la Spagna non era cattolica? (2007, doc), Un attimo sospesi (2008), Liliana Cavani, una donna nel cinema (2010, doc), I bambini della sua vita (2011), Dimmi che destino avrò (2012), Il mondo sopra la testa (2012, s.f.), Tutte le storie di Piera (2013, doc), Sono uguali in vacanza (2014, s.f.), La nostra quarantena (2015), Il mio cane si chiama vento (2016, cm), Strollica (2017, s.f.), Silenzi e parole (2017, doc), Uno sguardo alla Terra (2018, doc), L’unica lezione (2018, s.f.), Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne (2020, doc), Una nuova voce (2021, s.f.), Pensaci (2022, s.f.), Lo sguardo esterno (2022, s.f.), Uomini in marcia (2023, doc).