Christopher Vourlias Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, the Italian directing duo best known internationally for their Locarno premiere “Seven Acts of Mercy,” are developing a colonial-era drama that they’re presenting during the Rotterdam Film Festival’s CineMart co-production market.“Prince Aden” begins in 1935, when a 16-year-old Somali boy passes the test to become a dubat, a soldier in the Italian army that has invaded Ethiopia on the orders of Mussolini.
Aden Sicré is sent to the frontlines, but after being injured on his first day of service he’s forced to return home – where he is unexpectedly hailed as a war hero by the Fascist regime.Five years later, Aden is recruited to take part in a recreation of the daily life of an African village at the newly built Mostra d’Oltremare exhibition center in Naples.
But when Italy enters the Second World War, the “human zoo” suddenly closes, stranding Aden and the other African inhabitants for three years as Allied bombs destroy the city around them.
Inspired by the book “Partigiani d’Oltremare,” by the Italian historian Matteo Petracci, the film follows the unexpected turns in the years after, as Aden and other African fighters play a pivotal role in the partisan struggle against fascism in Europe, and the would-be shepherd is hailed as the film’s titular prince.“Prince Aden” sheds light on an “unknown story” that helped shape the course of Italy in the 20th century, according to Gianluca.
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