Eleonora Martinelli

The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.

The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, fascinating. Leda (Jane March) is a successful woman who works as Head of the Public Relations for a big company. She's married to Alceo, a professor at the Sapienza University, specialized in the history of terrorist movements. Alceo is on a wheel chair. He lost his legs in the attack to the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998. Shahid is a terrorist. Now he's planning an attack along the English Channel. Their lives, their destinies cross in Turkey, where Leda and Alceo are on holiday. And the plot will go on to Rome and Turin till the epilogue of the attack on the ferry boat.

En 1959, dans la vallée de Vajont doit être construit le plus grand barrage d'Europe. Commencés à la fin des années cinquante sous la direction de Carlo Semenza, les travaux se heurtent à de nombreuses difficultés. Son second, Biadène, fait fi des dangers naturels. Sa principale préoccupation, c'est l'opposition que rencontre le projet auprès des populations locales. Tina Merlin, journaliste communiste de l'Unita, se fait la figure de proue de cette contestation. L'achèvement des travaux menace d'être retardé pour cause de fragilité des terrains. Le barrage est toutefois achevé et le lac de retenue est à sa hauteur maximale. Le drame est inévitable.