The Glass Eye (L’occhio di vetro)

Screening
The Glass Eye (L’occhio di vetro)
(Documentary, Italy, 2020, 75 min.)
In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

Written and Directed by
Duccio Chiarini

Followed by a Q&A with the director in conversation with
David Forgacs, NYU
Patrizia Dogliani, University of Bologna

Ferruccio, a fifteen year-old boy and son of a World War I hero, finds himself fighting amongst the last defenders of the Salò Republic. During these days, he writes a diary about his experencies and also the destinies of his older sisters—Liliana and Maria Grazia, married to a fascist and a communist partisan, respectively. The film director is the great-nephew of Ferruccio who, with the guidance of Ferruccio’s diary, embarks on a journey into his family’s past.