IFF: Comandante

Synopsis

Gripping maritime thriller COMANDANTE is based on the true story of a Sicilian WWII naval captain’s act of wartime humanitarianism.

Oct 15, 1940. The Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini is navigating the Atlantic Ocean, under the command of Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino), when she comes upon a merchant ship sailing with lights out. After the ship suddenly opens fire on the Cappellini, it is quickly sunk. Disobeying orders from his own Fascist command, Todaro makes a selfless decision – one that puts his crew at great risk, but which also makes history.

COMANDANTE is a tense and exciting anti-war epic, eschewing sensationalism and sentimentality in order to closely examine the courage of upholding one’s ethics in times of social rupture.