Diary of a No, 1974 (16mm Dupe Negative, Scan 2K/Sound)

Location: Rome, Italy Creator: Gianni Serra It is a film investigation carried out on the occasion of the referendum on the divorce in May 1974, conducted by actor Bruno Cirino and the boys who were protagonists of the television program “Diary of a master”, by Vittorio De Seta. Bruno Cirino - who was the teacher in De Seta's film - and the children of the Tiburtino III middle school in Rome participate in an autonomous and original way in the campaign for the no in the referendum. The film follows the preparation of posters, leaflets, a questionnaire. It accompanies the procession that travels through the neighborhood to organize a public assembly; it develops through a series of interviews with citizens, among which those with a married couple are particularly significant As soon as we left the church and the one with a divorced woman; we discuss the Sacred Rota who has always had the power to cancel marriages, difficult family situations are revealed. 01. Opening titles: Third Channel No. 20 - Diary of a NO 02. An interviewer goes in front of the school of “The Diary of a Teacher” where some children are gathered 03. Actor Bruno Cirino speaks, surrounded by the young people who were protagonists of the program. Precisely to these explains his new project, namely raising awareness on the repealing referendum on divorce, the dream would be to organize a neighborhood debate (Tiburtino III). The boys show up one by one 04. Inq in the Tiburtino III district, the group arrives at a bar in search of an alumni. Sitting at a coffee table, they organize the work 05. In a room that serves as a laboratory, young people prepare posters, cyclostylists, leaflets. A girl reads the text of the fresh print flyer 06. The large group goes around the streets of the neighborhood with their banners, shouting a slogan. Some people are interviewed about their knowledge of the divorce law and referendum. Some opinions are also collected 07. Home to house the kids fill their questionnaires. Bruno Cirino tells an experience of a woman abandoned by her husband but who prefers not to be recovered. Then the son interviewed 08. New interviews on the streets, numerous opinions in favor of divorce. Animated discussion among women of different views 09. Outside a church, two fresh spouses are interviewed about it 10. Inq d'Interiors, Assembly Day, audience full. More women are called to illustrate the reasons for dissolving the marriage bond. A drawing seeks a better explanation 11. A cartel: “Divorce is not an obligation for anyone. Do not take away from those who need it a civil right and freedom. Answer NO to the referendum.” Copies of the propaganda newspaper are distributed. One woman takes the floor, another asks a question about the protection of children 12. A DC reactionary booklet entitled 'Why the Fortune Law is a Bad Law' is read out loud. Debate between the audience. A boy exposes his family condition 13. A man is looking for the political reasons for obstructionism on the right wing referendum. It displays a newspaper clipping with the words “The Crusaders of a Reactionary Campaign”. It also attacks Catholic aims 14. A poster reads “Don't vote as Almirante, don't mix your vote with the fascists. They want to take away a right of freedom because they are against all freedoms.” Another man claims the sovereignty and independence of the Italian State with respect to the Pontifical one. Cirino explains the three forms of law 15. A man affirms his disinterest in the problem of divorce, instead calling for more attention to social inconveniences. The discussion extends 16. Manifesto “If you believe in the indissolubility of marriage, no one imposes a divorce on you. Don't tear off a constitutional law, do not deny it to those who need it.” A case of a woman separated for 18 years old, now divorced. A boy illustrates the data collected in the previous days. Cirino shows the facsimile of the voting card