Based on the bestselling novel by Marc Dugain, this original docudrama weaves unique archival footage within a fictional story and sheds a new light on J. Edgar Hoover. This film reveals the FBI director's battle to retain power from the Kennedy clan. From 1960 and 1963, two ideals of America come face to face and two sets of morals clash. Clyde Tolson, Hoover's right-hand man and secret lover, is the last survivor of this psychological drama. He recounts this intense political period when America's destiny has never been as dependent on one of the most powerful and mysterious figures of the time.
Basada en hechos reales, la película narra la noche en que se organizó la Contracumbre del G8 en la ciudad de Génova, en forma de rebatimiento a la Cumbre del G8 por parte del movimiento antiglobalización. Esa noche se produjeron varios incidentes, entre ellos, el trágico asalto a la escuela Diaz, un lugar de acogida para periodistas acreditados y para manifestantes. Varias personas se hallaban delante de esta escuela manifestándose. Tras un aviso por parte de los vecinos de la zona, se denunció un ataque hacia el cuerpo policial, por lo que las fuerzas del Estado italiano decidieron asaltar la escuela. Diaz, no limpiéis esta sangre narra desde la posición de policías, manifestantes y periodistas, los sucesos trágicos de noche del asalto a la escuela, que terminaron con personas heridas y numerosos detenidos.
The personal story of the young student Felix Goldschmidt, who finds himself arrested for a crime he does not understand, like his fellow prisoners, he believes at first that he the victim of a mistake. But Red Gloves is also a political story, describing how a totalitarian state imposes itself by fear, rooting out individuals almost randomly and demanding their submission. By cutting back to scenes from the old life of Felix, the author manages to achieve balance and contrast with the suffocating atmosphere of the prison. We are shown our hero as an idealistic young man, searching for love and fulfillment.
