The Invisible Wall

The Invisible Wall

Directed by Marco Risi

Produced by Penta Film, Trio Cinema e Televisione

1991120 min6.9 / 10

A grim investigative drama about institutional deception and the human cost of Cold War geopolitics, built on the true story of a plane crash and the journalist who refuses to accept the official lie.

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts to uncover the truth out of the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.

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