On September 23, 1985, 26-year-old Giancarlo Siani, a freelance journalist for the newspaper Il Mattino, was brutally murdered by the Camorra in Naples. For years, the case remained shrouded in mystery and speculation, as authorities and his own paper found it hard to believe that such a young, unestablished reporter could pose a serious threat to a powerful criminal organization. The truth only began to surface eight years later, in 1993, driven by a group of people who shared one defining trait with Siani: their youth.
Tasked by their new editors to break the wall of silence, a special team of young Il Mattino journalists—the “Siani Pool”—joined forces with Armando D’Alterio, Italy’s youngest public prosecutor, and Bruno Rinaldi, an unconventional police chief. Driven by the fearless determination of their age, this group meticulously re-investigated everything Siani had written to uncover who he had disturbed. The documentary highlights how this passionate group of peers broke through the omertà, proving that justice for a fallen young journalist could only be delivered through the clear-sighted courage of a new generation.

Director: Filippo Soldi

He holds a degree in History of Theatre from the Università degli Studi di Milano and a degree in Art History from Università Roma Tre. He has worked in both theatre and cinema as an assistant to directors such as Luca Ronconi, Werner Schroeter, and others, and has conducted several theatre workshops. For the Italian Telethon, he directed several short films, including Storia di Mario, about a doctor affected by ALS, Just Five Minutes, starring Valeria Golino, Esserci, starring Raz Degan, and My Son, starring Alba Rohrwacher and Claudio Santamaria. He also wrote Bakhita, a TV movie directed by Giacomo Campiotti for Rai Uno. His first 35mm short film, In tram (starring Piera Degli Esposti and Gigio Alberti), and Just Five Minutes both won the NICE Award (New Italian Cinema Events) in 2003 and 2007 in New York and San Francisco. His documentary Brothels received a Special Mention at the Nastri d’Argento 2012. Suicidio Italia (Italian Suicide), a documentary on Italy’s economic situation, won the Italian Golden Globe in 2013. I Don’t Know Why I Hate You—an inquiry into homophobia—was selected at the Rome International Film Festival, the Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and Festival MIX Milano, and won the Gender Docufilm Festival in Rome in 2015. His documentary Noi siamo Alitalia received the Special Nastro d’Argento – Cinema e Lavoro in 2022. His documentary The Voice Without a Face was selected for the 18th Rome Film Fest (October 18–29, 2023)