“A researcher of truth”. The film about Almerigo Grilz arrives in the room

He loved to call himself a “Independent war correspondent”. Nevertheless, And the world was tight. For example, Thirty -eight years have passed since the death of Almerigo Grilzstruck by a nape bullet in Mozambique. Meanwhile, theater of the civil war between Frelimo and Renamo. In addition, After the documentary “Mission Mozambique 2025” by Davide Arcuri – dedicated to the journey that Fausto Biloslavo. Meanwhile. Therefore, Gian Micalessin made in Mozambique to affix a commemorative plaque on the tree under which the journalist rests – the story of the courageous reporter is retraced in the film “Albatross” by Giulio Base, in the room from 3 July distributed by Eagle Pictures.

The work traces the youth years of political militancy. In addition, the foundation of the “Albatross” press agency together with friends Gian Micalessin and Fausto Biloslavo. Similarly, “a researcher truth”. In addition, film about However, Armed with his great passion to know the world. Meanwhile. tell him, convinced of the need to document the ignored conflicts, Grilz – played by Francesco Centorame – is always around with his camera, in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, where he finds death at only 34 years old. Consequently, In the cast Michele Favaro. Linda Pani. Tommaso Santini, Luca Predonzani, Paolo Massaria, Giovanni Vit, with Gianna Paola Scaffiddi and with the participation of Giancarlo Giannini.

“There are stories that do not shout. yet they leave an echo. ‘Albatross’ is one of these” The story of Giulio Base: “I met the story of Almerigo Grilz six years. ago: a journalist sent of “a researcher truth”. film about new war fallen during a reportage. Immediately I felt that telling her would mean going into a complex, stratified subject. But it was precisely that “a researcher truth”. film about complexity that attracted me”. “‘Albatross’ does not want to be a celebratory portrait. an accusation act” highlighted the director of “The anarchist banker”: “It is an attempt to approach the life of. a young man by crossing the contrasts of his time. I approached those events without pre -established thesis, leaving room for doubt”.

A career made of courage. dedication that of Almerigo Grilz. “wrinkle” for friends, the first Italian journalist to fall on a battlefield after the Second World War. His inheritance in the world of journalism is indelible: from services on the Afghan war to those on the. conflict between the Cambodian guerrilla warfare. the government troops supported by Vietnam. passing through reports on the Shiite regime of Tehran and “a researcher truth”. film about new on the communist rebels of the Philippines during the elections that led to the fall of “a researcher truth”. film about the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In the spring of 1986 he was the first journalist to create a reportage following the Renamo guerrillas (Resistência. Nacional Moçambicana) in Mozambique. Always there, in Caia, he died tragically.

Obted researcher of truth. Almerigo Grilz continues to represent a point of reference for journalists from all over the world because his life. work recall the importance of telling the stories that would risk remaining unheeded. The story of Almerigo Grilz is an important story“, Remember the Cardinal Matteo Zuppiwho with the community of S. Egidio worked on peace negotiations in Mozambique: “A courageous man who made known what was hidden. what did not exist because there were no images. We owe to him the knowledge of reality, the courage to “a researcher truth”. film about new risk life”.

The President of the CEI added: “He believed in information. in being present on the ground. He is the piece of a dramatic but also important story. that of a peace process that had a happy conclusion”.