
L’uomo che verrà (The Man Who Will Come). 2009. Italy. Directed by Giorgio Diritti. Screenplay by Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, Tania Pedroni. With Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Claudio Casadio. DCP. In Italian; English subtitles. 115 min.
Winner of 10 David di Donatello awards (the Italian equivalent of the Oscars), including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Alba Rohrwacher), The Man Who Will Come witnesses the infamous Marzabotto massacre of 1944 through the eyes of a mute eight-year-old girl, experienced as a nightmarish tale of Nazi barbarism and partisan heroics. Courtesy Istituto Luce Cinecittà and Intramovies