The Great Ambition

The Great Ambition

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Release Date

10/31/2024

Runtime

122 mins

Overview

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

$3,731,867

Homepage

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A grave historical drama tracing a visionary communist leader's determined but ultimately doomed struggle to reshape Italian politics during the Cold War's most precarious years. The film observes with documentary precision the gap between idealism and political reality.

Mood

MelancholicTenseContemplativeBleak

Themes

AmbitionPowerCorruptionMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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