La Meglio Giuventu - Marco Tullio Giordana

The Best of Youth (Italian: La meglio gioventù), is a 2003 Italian film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The six hour film originally aired in Italy in from December 7 to 15, 2003 on Rai Uno, the state television channel, in four 100 minute parts. It was also given a theatrical release in Italy in which 40 minutes of the original broadcast were edited out.

The film was a sensation in Italy, winning many national film awards, and was also the recipient of the prestigious Un Certain Regard award at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In the U. S., the film was screened in several cities in two three-hour parts.

The Best of Youth is a family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003. It chronicles the life of an Italian family, the Caratis, but focuses primarily on two brothers, Matteo (Alessio Boni) and Nicola (Luigi Lo Cascio), documenting their journey from the prime of their wild youth in the mid-1960s counterculture, to parenthood and retirement in the early 2000s. The film aims to show the interaction of the personal and the political, the ways in which small events may become turning points in the important choices made by individuals.

Attention, film of 6 hours (2 x 3 h). May require a special edition of the cine-club (one night from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am or two nights).