Apolitics Now! Tragicomedy of an electoral campaign
Director Giuseppe Schillaci
Countries Italy
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
In Italy, on 2012, the situation is serious: Monti’s technocrat government, called to save the country from the bankruptcy of the Berlusconi government, adopts the politics of austerity, provoking protests and raising the spectre of terrorism. The 6th of May vote for local governments becomes the first test for the post-Berlusconi era, and the results leave no doubts: the parties of the so-called Second Republic are collapsing in favour of new more-or-less improvised movements aiming to fill the power vacuum.
In Italy, on 2012, the situation is serious: Monti’s technocrat government, called to save the country from the bankruptcy of the Berlusconi government, adopts the politics of austerity, provoking protests and raising the spectre of terrorism. The 6th of May vote for local governments becomes the first test for the post-Berlusconi era, and the results leave no doubts: the parties of the so-called Second Republic are collapsing in favour of new more-or-less improvised movements aiming to fill the power vacuum.