Overview

• The film screened at the 20th Festa del Cinema di Roma, with Pietro Castellitto starring as the talented forger Toni.
• Lodovichi and co-writer Sandro Petraglia emphasize the story is “falsely inspired” by Antonio Chichiarelli rather than a strict biopic.
• Press and on-stage remarks reference the Processo Ter finding that Chichiarelli drafted the bogus Moro communiqué No. 7, a thread the film evokes.
• The narrative places Toni in Rome’s 1970s–80s milieu, intersecting with the Brigate Rosse, the Banda della Magliana, the Mafia, the Vatican and state services.
• Produced by Cattleya and inspired by the book Il falsario di Stato, the film features Giulia Michelini and Claudio Santamaria and will stream on Netflix on January 23.