After the Bridge (16+)
Italy , 2023, colour, 65 min.
Directors: Davide Rizzo , Marzia Toscano
Directors: Davide Rizzo , Marzia Toscano
Valeria Collina, an Italian woman who converted to Islam, returned to live in Italy after twenty years in Morocco. Two years later, her life is shaken by the death of her young son Youssef, a member of the jihadist command who caused eight deaths on London Bridge on June 3 2017. Twenty-four hours later, as the attackers’ names are released, her small house in the hills of Bologna is swarmed by television crews from around the world.
Davide Rizzo
Davide Rizzo
is an Italian director and producer. In 2004 he founded Elenfant Film, with which he realizes innovative works, focusing especially on human rights and collective memory.
FILMOGRAPHY
Old Cinema: Bologna Melodrama, 2011; A Western Movie Without Horses, 2017; After the Bridge, 2023.
Marzia Toscano
Marzia Toscano
is an Italian director. In 2017 she directed her first documentary, ‘A Western Movie Without Horses’, written and directed together with Davide Rizzo, a film on the visionary filmmaker Mauro Mingardi.
FILMOGRAPHY
A Western Movie Without Horses, 2017; After the Bridge, 2023.
Italy , 2023, colour, 65 min.
Directors: Davide Rizzo , Marzia Toscano
Directors: Davide Rizzo , Marzia Toscano
Valeria Collina, an Italian woman who converted to Islam, returned to live in Italy after twenty years in Morocco. Two years later, her life is shaken by the death of her young son Youssef, a member of the jihadist command who caused eight deaths on London Bridge on June 3 2017. Twenty-four hours later, as the attackers’ names are released, her small house in the hills of Bologna is swarmed by television crews from around the world.