Long Live Freedom

As election season nears, Enrico Oliveri's poll numbers crater and he suddenly disappears into the night. The party leadership scrambles to manage the crisis, employing evasive statements and public placation to avoid acknowledging the disappearance. The nation watches as uncertainty spreads, setting the stage for an extraordinary political maneuver.

Leaders attempt to hedge for time by weaving a narrative that keeps Enrico's fate off the front pages. They deploy calculated press briefings and strategic gaps in the timeline to buy breathing room. The public is fed a sanitized image while the underlying crisis simmers.

Andrea Bottini identifies Enrico's twin, Giovanni Ernani, freshly released from an insane asylum, as a public stand-in. The plan is to stage a credible return that preserves the party's image and buys time. The arrangement deepens the mystery surrounding who is in control.

Ernani is brought into the limelight, stepping into the breach with a fearless, prophetic cadence. He begins delivering interviews and opening conferences as if he is the nation’s authentic voice. His presence throws the political landscape into sharper relief.

Public interviews and speeches mushroom, and Ernani exudes a revolutionary wind that unsettles opponents and voters alike. Creativity becomes his instrument as he shapes the narrative with poetic rhetoric. The crowds respond with astonishment and cautious optimism.

The film follows a tense dance between Enrico's earnest intellect and Ernani's audacious madness. The twin-like figures project competing visions, pulling the electorate in opposing directions. This dual presence blurs where truth ends and performance begins.

Danielle, a Paris-based secretary and Enrico's former lover, is drawn back into the crisis as personal loyalties are caught in the political storm. She navigates a life split between Enrico's shadow and her marriage to the celebrated Chinese director Mung. Her presence threads personal stakes through the political drama.

Anna and Bottini press their advantage, steering the crisis with calculated moves while managing their own entanglements with Danielle. They weigh public perception against private loyalties, threading alliances that could define the outcome. The behind-the-scenes chess game continues as the country watches.

Danielle's pull toward Enrico, and Ernani's proximity as a rival, intensify the personal stakes. The same woman becomes a focal point of competing loyalties, complicating decisions that affect the nation's fate. The line between truth and manufactured power grows increasingly blurred.

The film frames Enrico and Ernani as two faces of power, united by a single desire yet pulling in opposite directions. Their rivalry directly intersects with the country’s electoral trajectory, threatening to redefine what the public believes to be true. The stakes escalate into a volatile political game.

As events unfold, the story probes what drives political reality—the belief in power, the manipulation of information, or authentic conviction. It examines how truth becomes a commodity in a crowded media landscape. The tension between private loyalties and public spectacle deepens the drama.

The film closes by emphasizing the fragility of truth in politics as the nation watches. The outcome leaves power’s costs and consequences in question, with no clear resolution. Viewers are left to ponder what was real and what was constructed in the pursuit of leadership.