The Hummingbird. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2019 book
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The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi, 2019
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Francesca Archibugi, 2022

Over the years, Marco Carrera is followed in the movie. Derived from his platonic romance with Luisa Lattes. Marco will eventually wed Marina, with whom he will have a child before severing all ties, and the two will become parents. Marco will have his psychoanalyst by his side as he travels this journey that is his life.


The Catholic School. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2016 book
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The Catholic School
Edoardo Albinati, 2016
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Stefano Mordini, 2021

In a residential district of Rome there is a well-known Catholic boy’s school where the offspring of the upper middle-class are educated. The families feel that in that setting their children will be able to grow up sheltered from the turmoil pervading society. On the night between 29 and 30 September of 1975 something broke down and that fortress of irreprehensible values crumbled beneath the weight of one of the most heinous crimes of the period: the Circeo massacre.