Exterior Night

Exterior Night is a 2022 Italian-language drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio based on the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro. The film is the second feature by Bellocchio based on the Moro case after Good Morning, Night, shot in 2003. Originally conceived as a RAI television miniseries, it premiered out of competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It was then given a theatrical release in Italy as two films (titled Act I and Act II), before being aired on Rai 1 and on Netflix. Plot Part 1 – Aldo Moro In 1978, Aldo Moro, the president of Christian Democracy (DC), attempted to form a government of national unity with the external support of the Italian Communist Party in what was a first time for a country belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty. During the party assembly, Moro tries to convince the most recalcitrant exponents within the party about the goodness of this operation. Francesco Cossiga, who would be confirmed as Minister of the Interior in the new government led by Giulio Andreotti, privately tells Moro that the Americans will not agree but Moro asks him to reassure them. Moro and Andreotti are working to form the new cabinet and they dissatisfy several members of their party with the role assigned to them. Late in the evening, before returning home, Moro meets Enrico Berlinguer to whom he hands over the list of ministers and undersecretaries.