Lilliana (2025)
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Country:
Italy
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Duration:
84 min
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Genre:
biography
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Director:
Ruggero Gabbai
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Producer:
Ruggero Gabbai
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Cast:
Liliana Segre, Geppi Cucciari, Ferruccio De Bortoli
About film
This is a film about lifelong Italian senator Liliana Segre, a Holocaust survivor who has become one of the foremost moral voices of contemporary Italy. More than a biography, the film weaves together archival footage, personal recollections, and testimonies from those close to her to reveal not an icon, but a living, breathing person. The film takes viewers on a journey from Segre's arrest and deportation to the Auschwitz death camp to her return to life and her later public engagement. Especially moving are the moments of everyday life captured by the camera: conversations with her children and grandchildren, quiet walks, and her reflections on loss and legacy.
Rewards and nominations
- World Premiere — Sorriso Diverso Roma Award, Rome Film Festival (2024)
Director
Ruggero Gabbai is an Italian director and photographer specializing in documentaries about the Holocaust, social memory, and human rights. Born in Antwerp and raised in Milan, he studied in New York at Columbia University, where he worked under the guidance of masters such as Miloš Forman and Martin Scorsese. His filmography includes more than thirty documentaries, including the acclaimed Memoria (1997) about Italian prisoners of the Auschwitz death camp. His other notable works include Io ricordo (about the victims of mafia), Libya: l’ultimo esodo (on the disappearance of the Jewish community of Tripoli), and Kinderblock (about the children subjected to Dr. Mengele's experiments). His films have been screened on numerous occasions at the Yad Vashem memorial, the Jewish Museum of New York, and broadcast on channels such as RAI and Sky Arte.
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Director
Ruggero Gabbai is an Italian director and photographer specializing in documentaries about the Holocaust, social memory, and human rights. Born in Antwerp and raised in Milan, he studied in New York at Columbia University, where he worked under the guidance of masters such as Miloš Forman and Martin Scorsese. His filmography includes more than thirty documentaries, including the acclaimed Memoria (1997) about Italian prisoners of the Auschwitz death camp. His other notable works include Io ricordo (about the victims of mafia), Libya: l’ultimo esodo (on the disappearance of the Jewish community of Tripoli), and Kinderblock (about the children subjected to Dr. Mengele's experiments). His films have been screened on numerous occasions at the Yad Vashem memorial, the Jewish Museum of New York, and broadcast on channels such as RAI and Sky Arte.
