1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.
- Genre: History, Drama, Adventure
- Studio: Palomar, Les Films d'Ici, RAI, Feltrinelli Real Cinema, RAI Cinema, ARTE France Cinéma, MiC, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Apulia Film Commission, Regione Puglia, Regione Piemonte, La Città di Torino
- Keyword: disillusionment, revolutionary, political intrigue , group of friends, revisionist history, betrayal by friend, italian history, historical drama, 19th century, spanning generations, garibaldi, growing apart, 1860s, 1800s, risorgimento, italian unification, rai, rai cinema
- Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Valerio Binasco, Francesca Inaudi, Andrea Bosca, Edoardo Natoli, Luigi Pisani