The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring...

Today, 80 years after the events and 40 years after the film, these images and testimonies shed an unexpected light on the reality of the fiction...

Ra: an Egyptian name for the sun whose wrath could cause the worst catastrophes... In a desert landscape, flooded with lava, a dilapidated motorway...