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The Resolute

Italy • 2h 39m

Directed by Giovanni Donfrancesco • Documentary • 2017 • 159 minutes

An 87-year-old Italian who has retired to the woods of Vermont meets a filmmaker and seizes the occasion to look back on his long life. Wartime memories long suppressed trigger recollections of his inconvenient past as a child soldier in the ranks of the Decima Mas, one of the most violent fascist militias. Including a revelation concerning Mussolini's lost treasure, which he himself helped to hide. A journey down the winding road of memory that speaks to the present day.

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20th century, aging and geriatrics, andala, andana, anthropology and archaeology, area studies, child soldier, child soldiers, decima mas, doc, documentary, europe, european history, european studies, expository, facism, facist, fascism and totalitarianism, fascist italy, flotilla, health, healthcare, his, historical anthropology, historical sociology, history, italian, italy, medicine and nursing, memory, mental disorder, militia, mussolini, navy, ovid, political philosophy, politics and political science, psychology and mental health, ptsd, social issues, sociology, soldeirs, soldier, the resolute, vermont, war, war and peace, warfare, western europe, world history, world regions, world war ii, wwii

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