Viaggio segreto. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2001 book, The Reconstructionist
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The Reconstructionist
Josephine Hart, 2001
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Roberto Andò, 2006

Marco discovers a suitcase that belonged to his father, who had disappeared during World War II. The suitcase contains a series of documents and letters that reveal the secret journey his father had taken with a mysterious woman during the war. Marco decides to follow his father’s journey and embarks on a trip to Eastern Europe, where he uncovers the truth about his father’s past and his own family history.


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.