The Smile of the Leader

Using astounding footage from the Luce archives newsreels but also true films Il sorriso del capoThe Smile of the Leader shows how propaganda works presents everyday life in its most revealing details and describes a countrys education Marco Bechis explores the feeling of consensus he tells us where it originates what tools are used to spread it how it is opposed The thread running through the film is a voice enigmatic until the end narrating in the first person what it is like to grow up under fascism