MURGE THE COLD WAR FRONT
53 minutes, 2012
Direction : Fabrizio GALATEA (Italy)
Production : Zenit Arti Audiovisive (Italy)

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1962, the world is facing the biggest crisis of modern times: the Cuban missile crisis and the nightmare of nuclear war. Unexpectedly, the front-line moves to Murgia, a small, impoverished sub- region of Apulia in southern Italy. On these hills, the Jupiter missiles pose a threat to the farmers and shepherds who live there. This forgotten land becomes the theatre of the struggle between the USSR and the United States.

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