Il Sindaco - Italian Politics 4 Dummies

In 2017, Ismaele La Vardera, a 22-year-old Sicilian journalist, candidate for Mayor in the Sicilian city of Palermo, had been supported by Matteo Salvini, one of the prominent politicians in nowadays Italy. With a hidden camera he recorded every moment of his adventure, collecting private conversations with national political leaders, fixers, local influencers, even the more obscure ones. Aspects of the always thrilling campaign and the video tapes have been put together in this documentary. (Transilvania International Film Festival)