The enemy - a partisan hymnbook
Director Federico Spinetti
Countries Italy
Duration 80 min
Synopsis
Fifteen years after the break-up of the historic Italian post-punk band C.S.I, the band’s guitarist and co-founder Massimo Zamboni calls back the other members for a new musical project about the memory of the Italian WWII partisan resistance. Rather than a reunion, this may be a new beginning. At the request of director Federico Spinetti, the musicians gather in the mesmerizing architecture of the Social Theatre of Gualtieri, a town in the Po Valley replete with memories of the war. Zamboni hands out a text to be set to music: The Enemy. The musicians allow the cameras in and their creative process becomes the soundtrack of the film, together with new songs and live performances of their classics. The Enemy – A Partisan Hymnbook portrays the new musical journey of post-C.S.I. and the research and reflections of Massimo Zamboni as he uncovers his family history, tragically marked by a partisan gunshot in 1944. Private memories collide with collective history as the musicians interrogate the memory of the WWII Resistance and its meaning today.
Fifteen years after the break-up of the historic Italian post-punk band C.S.I, the band’s guitarist and co-founder Massimo Zamboni calls back the other members for a new musical project about the memory of the Italian WWII partisan resistance. Rather than a reunion, this may be a new beginning. At the request of director Federico Spinetti, the musicians gather in the mesmerizing architecture of the Social Theatre of Gualtieri, a town in the Po Valley replete with memories of the war. Zamboni hands out a text to be set to music: The Enemy. The musicians allow the cameras in and their creative process becomes the soundtrack of the film, together with new songs and live performances of their classics. The Enemy – A Partisan Hymnbook portrays the new musical journey of post-C.S.I. and the research and reflections of Massimo Zamboni as he uncovers his family history, tragically marked by a partisan gunshot in 1944. Private memories collide with collective history as the musicians interrogate the memory of the WWII Resistance and its meaning today.