COMANDANTE

At the beginning of the Second World War, Salvatore Todaro is in command, very much in his own way, of the submarine Cappellini of the Italian Royal Navy. In October 1940, while sailing in the Atlantic, the silhouette of a merchant ship with its lights off looms in the dark of night. This is the Kabalo, a Belgian ship, carrying British weapons and munitions and which suddenly opened fire on the submarine and its Italian crew.

EDOARDO DE ANĐELIS / EDOARDO DE ANGELIS

Edoardo De Angelis (Naples, 1978) is an italian director, screenwriter and producer, At the age of 20, he discovered cinema and made his first short films in the abandoned quarries and countryside of Caserta. After graduating from Rome Film School, he made his debut with Mozzarella Stories (2011), followed by Perez (2014). The film that brought him fame is Indivisible (2016), presented at the Venice Film Festival. This was followed by The Vice of Hope (2018), which earned him, among others, the Audience Award at the Rome Film Festival and Best Director at the Tokyo International Festival.

 

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Edoardo De Angelis’ historical drama recalls an episode from World War II which serves as a warning for the present.

Camillo de Marco, Cineuropa