The Train to Moscow

The Train to Moscow chronicles the end of an era and the end of a dream through the eyes of Sauro Ravaglia, an amateur film-maker, barber and communist. It is 1957 and Alfonsine is just one of the many small towns in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region where communist local governments have reigned supreme in the wake of the destruction wreaked by the war. Sauro and his friends dream of a world of peace, brotherhood, and equality: they dream of the Soviet Union. A once in a lifetime opportunity comes their way when they have the chance of attending the World Festival of Socialist Youth in Moscow. Sauro and his friends arm themselves with an 8mm camera to film their great journey. What happen when they come face to face with their utopian dream?

Directed by Federico Ferrone e Michele Manzolini

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Kiné in association with Vezfilm
in collaboration with Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia
in association with Apapaja, Fondazione Culturale San Fedele, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
developed with the support of MEDIA and Cineteca di Bologna

Official web site: iltrenovaamosca.it
Facebook: facebook.com/iltrenovaamosca

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FESTIVAL

2013
31° Torino Film Festival – International competition

2014
“Cinema Verite” Iran International Documentary Film Festival
Best editing RECINE – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arquivio
International Film Festival Bratislava
Special mention Saratov Sufferings
Mantova Film Fest
Euganea Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Bellaria Film Festival
Trieste Film Festival

2015
Russia Italia Film Festival
8 e 1/2 Festa Do Cinema Italiano

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