Passannante

Giovanni Passannante, a cook and anarchist, attempts to assassinate King Umberto I of Italy in the late 19th century. His capture and trial become a public spectacle, transforming the accused into a potent symbol of anti-monarchist struggle. To avoid creating a martyr, the authorities condemn him not to death, but to a life sentence under conditions designed to crush both mind and body. The film meticulously dissects the machinery of state violence, tracing how a man is systematically erased, reduced to a ghost by the very system he dared to challenge.