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We Believed (2010)

We Believed poster
Original title
Noi credevamo
Directed by
Mario Martone
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
3h 25m
Rated
T
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three men join a secret society to fight for Italian unification in the 1800s. The story follows their personal sacrifices and the cost of their political idealism.

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What happens

We Believed (Italian: Noi credevamo) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone, based on a screenplay by Martone and Giancarlo De Cataldo inspired by events around the 19th-century Young Italy political movement and based on the novel of the late art historian Anna Banti. Nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, the film was released in Italy on 12 November 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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