“Liliana” – Documentary screening | 4PM

“Liliana”

Documentary screening on the life of

Senator Liliana Segre

This documentary is an intimate and personal story
evoked directly by Liliana Segre

To follow a Q&A with director Ruggero Gabbai

“Liliana” retraces the testimony of life senator Liliana Segre linked to her arrest, deportation and poignant final farewell to her father. The film is based on juxtapositions, cross-references and contrasts between the historical account and the contemporary portrait of one of the most important women on the Italian scene. The docu-film highlights lesser-known aspects of the senator, revealing a modern cultural and political figure who is passionate about conveying a message of freedom and equality to the younger generations. The voices of people close to her tell her story: her children, grandchildren, public figures such as Ferruccio De Bortoli, Mario Monti, Geppi Cucciari, Fabio Fazio, Enrico Mentana, and the carabinieri of her escort, allowing us to get closer to a more familiar and private Liliana. The result is a deep and detailed portrait, which gives access to the theme of the transmission of trauma and the importance of how history is told to future generations. In recent decades, Senator Segre has talked about her tragic experience on several occasions, starting in 1994 with Liliana Picciotto’s interview. These contents, created and preserved at the CDEC – Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (Centre for Contemporary Jewish Documentation) – form an archive that provides valuable immediate access to as yet unpublished material, around which the film builds its narrative.