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An Eyewitness Account is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Pasquale Pozzessere with Fabrizio Bentivoglio
An Eyewitness Account (1997)
Testimone a rischio
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Add to a movie listAn Eyewitness Account (Italian: Testimone a rischio, also known as Risking Witness and Witness in Danger) is a 1997 thriller-drama film directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. It is based on real life events of Mafia hit eyewitness Piero Nava. For his performance Fabrizio Bentivoglio won the David di Donatello Award for best actor and the Ciak d'oro in the same category.
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Ce film raconte l'histoire réelle de Pietro Nava (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), l'unique témoin oculaire involontaire de l'assassinat par la mafia du magistrat italien Rosario Livatino en 1990. Citoyen ordinaire, Nava décide de ne pas respecter l'omertà, devenant alors une cible prioritaire à abattre car il est susceptible de reconnaître les tueurs et de témoigner contre eux. À l'époque, aucun programme de protection des témoins à risque n'existe en Italie. Nava subit alors les tâtonnements de la justice italienne et bénéficie d'une protection policière permanente qui le force à sacrifier sa vie privée (il quitte sa femme Franca (Margherita Buy) et sa famille, il perd son logement et son métier, doit changer d'identité et se déplacer régulièrement sans pouvoir travailler ni sortir seul et librement) pour continuer à vivre.Actors
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
(Piero Nava)
Margherita Buy
(Franca Nava)
Claudio Amendola
(Sandro Nardella)
Sara Franchetti
Arnaldo Ninchi
(Cataldi)
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