Four Italian legends, one forgotten catastrophe — this is how you make history bleed.
100 years ago, a terrible earthquake, followed by an equally terrible tidal wave, devastated and largely destroyed Messina and Reggio Calabria.
Direction
Four masters, four visions, one unified devastation.
Production
Reconstructed 1908 Messina with obsessive period detail.
Acting
Ranieri and Sandrelli bring opera to documentary realism.
Director
Francesco Maselli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maselli spent three years in Sicilian archives finding survivor testimonies never before filmed. Most were rotting.
The 1908 Messina earthquake killed over 80,000 — yet Italians barely discuss it. This film was made to correct national amnesia.
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