I'm Back

[Machine Translation] Luca Migniello, one of the best-known hit makers in the Italian film industry, was inspired by the novel of the same title, "The Return of Hitler," which was a big hit in Japan, and replaced the German setting with today's Italy in this film. Mussolini is played by Massimo Popolizio (The Great Beauty: The Last Time I Saw Rome), and Frank Matano plays the filmmaker who works with Mussolini. The film was a huge hit, bringing laughter to all of Italy! --The dictator Mussolini has come back to life in modern Rome! Canaletti, an unsuccessful filmmaker, accidentally captures the resurrected Mussolini on camera, and decides to make a documentary film with a shot in the arm. When a young man who thought Mussolini was a look-alike casually pointed his phone at him, Mussolini was puzzled but agreed to be filmed. Mussolini jumped into the midst of the citizens and asked them if they were dissatisfied with the immigration issue and their expectations of the government. The video was posted on a video site, and the number of views increased rapidly and spread widely on the Internet. Eventually, he appeared on the TV program "The Mussolini Show. His charismatic speeches won the hearts of the people, and the TV producers were overjoyed when the show received high ratings. The former commander-in-chief (the Duce) is now extremely popular, and he is ambitious to conquer the country again... What would happen if Mussolini came to power today?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview with the director in Japan, trailer

日本でも大ヒットを記録した『帰ってきたヒトラー』の同名原作小説から、イタリア映画界屈指のヒットメーカーであるルカ・ミニエーロ監督が着想を得て、舞台をドイツから今のイタリアに置き換えて映画化。ムッソリーニを『グレート・ビューティー/追憶のローマ』などのマッシモ・ポポリツィオ、彼と一緒に行動する映像作家をフランク・マターノが演じた。イタリア全土を笑いに巻き込み大ヒット! ――独裁者ムッソリーニが現代ローマに生き返った!? 売れない映像作家カナレッティが、復活したムッソリーニを偶然カメラに収めたことから、一発逆転をかけたドキュメンタリー映画の制作を思い立つ。2人でイタリア全土を旅しながらの撮影旅行。ムッソリーニをそっくりさんだと思った若者が気軽にスマホを向けると戸惑いながらも撮影に応じ、またムッソリーニが市民の中に飛び込んで、不満はないか? と質問を投げかけると移民問題や政府に期待していない生の声があふれ出てくる。その様子が動画サイトに投稿されると、再生回数はどんどん増えネットで大きく拡散されていく。ついには、テレビ番組「ムッソリーニ・ショー」に出演するまでに。そのカリスマ的な演説が人々の心をつかみ、高視聴率を叩き出すと、テレビ局の制作者たちは大喜び。こうして、かつての統帥(ドゥーチェ)は絶大な人気を集め、再び国を征服しようと野望を抱くが・・・。はたして、ムッソリーニが現代で権力を握ったらどうなるのか?

映像特典: 監督来日インタビュー、オリジナル予告編(約2分)