The Prosecutor The Defender The Father And His Son Jun 2026

Luca Ferri dropped out of university. He now runs a small watch repair shop in a village in the Dolomites. He does not own a television. He does not read the news. He has, by his own admission, not spoken to either parent since the day of his mother’s arrest.

Alessandra Rossi was arrested the next morning. Not for murder. For obstruction of justice, evidence tampering, and perjury. The Blade had cut herself. The Prosecutor The Defender The Father And His Son

The "Father and His Son" part of the title comes into play when the defender discovers that the witness is not actually an orphan: Luca Ferri dropped out of university

She had never told anyone. Not her husband. Not her superiors. Not her son. The case was closed decades ago; a low-level associate was convicted and died in prison. But Alessandra knew. She had found a photograph in her father’s files—a young Giuseppe Marchese shaking hands with her father at a courthouse function, six months before the assassination. On the back, her father had written in pencil: “Marchese. Dangerous. If I die, look here.” He does not read the news

A young man (the Son) stands accused of a violent crime he may or may not have committed. The Prosecutor is a rigid, ambitious officer of the state. The Defender is an idealistic but weary public attorney. And the Father? He’s both the victim’s father and the accused’s father—a devastating twist that the story reveals early but handles with agonizing restraint.

Giuseppe Marchese never appears in the trial. He has been dead for twenty-two years. But his presence saturates every page of the discovery, every whisper in the courthouse hallway, every sleepless night for both Alessandra and Daniel.

Ultimately, the film serves as a critique of international justice systems. It questions whether a courtroom can truly provide closure for ethnic cleansing or if the process of "proving" a crime inadvertently inflicts new wounds on those involved. or perhaps a breakdown of the real-life ICTY case that inspired the film?