Ufo 78

The end of the 1970s: counterculture and drug experiments, feminism and the fight for the right to abortion, the closure of asylums and the last major social reforms, escalation of militancy and increasing repression, fascist secret societies and arms depots. The pivotal year of 1978: Aldo Moro is kidnapped and murdered. The country is in a state of emergency. While all this is happening, more and more Italians are seeing flying saucers. It is a mass phenomenon, the "Great Wave." Milena Cravero, a young anthropologist, travels to a ufology congress in Rome, which is canceled due to the Moro kidnapping. Martin Zanka, a former partisan, tells stories about ancient cosmonauts in his novels. His son Vincenzo, who wants to break free from heroin addiction, lives in a commune on a country estate. Two scouts disappear in the forests of a mysterious mountain. A whirlwind of stories is heading towards a dramatic finale. Wu Ming brilliantly blends reality and fiction, pop culture and film history. They offer a new perspective on a key year in Italian history, aiming to free it from the prison of leaden time.