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The Necessity of Return
Written, directed, and performed by Roberto Attias
lights and sound by Matteo Ziglio
Produced by Ettore Scola
The Strange Encounter Between a Man and a Senator of the Republic
A mysterious story takes the audience to the peaceful Rome of the 1930s. The misery brought by racial laws, war, the partisan struggle, and the specter of deportation form the backdrop to a personal drama that culminates in a shocking ending, a true psychological thriller.
Produced by the late Ettore Scola in 2006, the show has had over 380 performances in Italy and abroad. Among its supporters are the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Education (MIUR), the regions of Puglia and Lazio, the municipalities of Milan, Rome, Mantua, Rovereto, Bastia Umbra, Rome Tre University, and the University of Tor Vergata, among others.
The show is suitable both for adult audiences and for middle and high school students.
An Intense and Engaging Story
A strong, hard-hitting, and intense performance that denounces all forms of discrimination and recounts, with lightness and emotion, the enactment of racial laws and the deportation of Jews from the Rome ghetto. A Roman story, yet universal, told in the Roman dialect.
Performed in a single act, it has moved hundreds of spectators over the years—from Roman senior centers to students and teachers across Italy—thanks to its educational and emotional value, never feeling didactic, self-pitying, or pedantic. The beautiful and poignant songs of the era, selected by Gianni Borgna, accompany the narrative masterfully.
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