Time Suspended

On 15th October 2011 Rome is in flames. Amidst tear gas and water cannons a helicopter films my 19-year-old brother throwing a pole at a police van. Those images are seen around the world and a few months later he’s arrested. After an 11-year wait, the final sentence is six and a half years in prison. In 2022, as I accompany him to turn himself in, a long-hidden secret is revealed, the reason behind his red-mist violence. At its core, the film reveals the unspoken truth of a generation that turned to street violence as its only available language, intertwining it with my family’s story to explore the eternal clash between youth and authority.