THEn occasion of the 40 years from the death of the journalist Giancarlo Siani, Tonight at 9.30 pm on Rai 3 will be broadcast Forty years without Giancarlo Siani. Documentary that celebrates the life, work, commitment and civil legacy of young chronicler of Morning killed by the Camorra at only 26 years old.
Forty years without Giancarlo Siani: the documentary aired tonight 23 September on Rai 3
Written by Pietro Peronejournalist of MorningAnd directed by Filippo Denaro, The documentary traces The story of Giancarlo Siani, a Neapolitan journalist assassinated by the Camorra on the evening of 23 September 1985 in the Vomero district of Naples. In addition to telling the life of the brave chronicler, The doc also speaks of the extraordinary investigation which, years later, allowed to shed light on its murder. For a long time, in fact, the case has remained Wrapped in mystery, between confused slopes and sidetracks But in 1993, thanks to the courage and determination of a group of young people – magistrates, policemen and journalists – the truth began to emerge.
Forty years without Giancarlo Siani it also tells The birth of the so -called “Pool Siani”: a group of journalists from Morning (Pietro Gargano, Pietro Perone, Giampaolo Longo and Maria Rosaria Carbone), the public prosecutor Armando D’Alterio and the head of the Naples mobile team Bruno Rinaldi. A small group that, in close collaboration, managed to trace the motive of the murder and whose work has brought, thanks also to the confessions of some repentant, to the arrests of assassins and instigators.
The journalist Giancarlo Siani. (HANDLE)
The testimonies of friends and colleagues and the voice of Toni Servillo
Forty years without Giancarlo Siani tells the journalist through the memory of those who knew him and the pool that has honored its memory. AND rich in archival materials And it makes use of the precious graphic reconstructions of the illustrator Giancarlo Caracuzzo.
Toni Servillo, fresh winner of the Volpi Cup at the Venice Festival for Grace by Paolo Sorrentino, instead lends his voice to Giancarlo Siani: in the documentary he reads some articles To the students of the Giovanni Battista Vico high school in Naples, the school attended by the journalist.
Forty years without Giancarlo Siani It is therefore an intense and necessary story, to remember the journalist not only as a victim of Camorra, but as Symbol of free journalism and civil commitment.
Who was Giancarlo Siani and because the journalist was killed by the Camorra
Born in Naples in 1959, Giancarlo Siani begins to collaborate with the newspaper the morning In the early 80s: is corresponding to Torre Annunziata at the editorial staff of Castellammare di Stabia. Siani He mainly deals with black news, then he begins to write articles on the Camorra, studying the relationships and hierarchies of families who controlled the Municipality and its surroundings.
While working as a correspondent, attend the editorial staff permanently: his dream is to tear A contract as a practicing journalist To then be able to take the exam and become a professional. Dream that is realized, also thanks to his investigations. By publishing an article that tells of how the Nuvoletta clan (ally of Totò Riina) and the Bardellino clan wanted to spread and sell the boss Valentino Gionta to the police, Unfortunately, Siani signs, without knowing him, his death sentence.
On September 23, 1985, he was killed with seven strokes in the head Around 20:30 under his house in the Arenella district in Naples: he is only 26 years old. Only in April 1997 the principals of the murder (the brothers Lorenzo, Angelo Nuvoletta, and Luigi Baccante) and its material executors will be sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2009 Marco Risi told the story of Siani in the film Fortapàsc Winding Libero De Rienzo.