Italy, 2035. Mansfield, Stendhal and Buzzati are friends and partisans fighting against the regime. Engaged in relays of coded messages hidden in ciphered books, they are forced into a race against time: the fascists are about to take the town of Ovada.
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Cast
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Valeria Bono
Mansfield
Also in
Califano
Anna Lazzeri
De Céspedes
Known for
Five Seconds
Zakaria Hamza
Buzzati
Known for
The Equalizer 3
Ludovico Succio
Stendhal
Known for
The First King
Children of the Night
Gabriele Vacis
Hemingway
Known for
My Brilliant Friend
A Liberal Passion
Noemi Guglietta
Abu Nada
Also in
Visiting Day
Il giorno della patata
Samer Salameh
Fanon
Saiyfdin Ayoube
Ortese
No other roles listed
Ludovico Succio Director · Alessandra Forte Writer Sedanur Saygili Writer
First release September 12, 2026 · Produced in Italy · Original title Il Varco
Production
Italy
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Original title
Il Varco
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 12, 2026
Premiere · Palestine House London Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
September 23, 2026 · Premiere · Athens Micro m Festival
Italy
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Rome
October 15, 2026 · Premiere · Flight / Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · Alessandria Film Festival
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