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Italy. The 70's. Along with the birth of a free Radio in Bologna (Radio Alice) and the political developments of the radical Italian left, two young men get in touch with a new consciousness which is spreading among the youth. Getting by daily and refusal of given destiny is their way of life, while tragedies surround them. (During a rally a student is shot to death in front of them (real story), a friend of them is sent to prison for the beating up of a moneylender). Directed with a subtle touch, no rhetoric, no stereotype. There's no judgment, the only aim is just to tell a story. The Italian Seventies are righteously described without taboo. Just watch it and have a two-hours-real-good-time!

In a working-class district on the outskirts of 1970's Bologna, Sgualo and Pelo hang out at the local café, allergic to gainful employment. They don't mind taking on a shady job for local hood Marangon, but they're convinced there's little future whichever way they turn. Trying to escape from the drudgery of manual labor, they discover Radio Alice, a pirate station (based on a true story) and get so inspired that they visit the station and dive into the radical world of class struggle, free love, and psychedelia. Meanwhile, a police officer ordered to spy on the anarchists from his radio can't help but fall in love with Alice. Best of all, this film can be downloaded for free, legally, from archive.org. Just search for "Lavorare con lentezza."