Our American Days

Chiara Barbo, Andrea Magnani

2014 / 35' / Italy

Directed
Chiara Barbo, Andrea Magnani
Production
Pilgrim films
Language
Italian, English
Country
Italy
Genre
documentary films

The story

Through interviews and archival images, the film talks about life in Trieste during the years of the Allied Military Administration (1945-1954). The faces and stories of the children who played baseball in the suburban markets at the time and the girls who found jobs with their moderate knowledge of English. In the background, American flags fly and Studebaker cars drive through the city. These are the voices from the time of black and white Trieste, which was suddenly flooded by the colors of America and swing after the war.