IN ASCOLTO

In a remote and huge American technological outpost based in England, the Wendell-Cranshaw Technologies, a US private company, takes advantage of the ECHELON worldwide interception system developed by the National Security Agency (NSA). In Rome, Italian Francesca Savelli, falsely accused of industrial espionage, is kidnapped and interrogated by Wendell-Cranshaw emissaries. Wagley, an elderly NSA officer betrayed by his friend and superior Philip Kovacs, decides, in turn, to betray him back. After deserting and fleeing to Italy, he rescues the young woman and gets in touch with Gianni Longardo, a former companion in arms. With the help of a mountain guide, they set up a secret listening station on Mont Blanc, at an altitude of 3,500 metres. From there they can listen to the NSA listeners, but their harmony is jeopardized by the deception it is based on.

GIACOMO MARTELLI
Giacomo Martelli is a producer, a screenwriter and a director. He is 29 years old, was born in Milan and brought up in Rome. He studied philosophy and film in England. “The listening”, his debut long feature film, was a four-year-long project.

2006  In ascolto (lungometraggio, feature).