1946 was not merely the year of the referendum and the birth of the Republic: it was the year in which the whole world tried to start afresh. The cities still bear the scars of war, but everywhere desires and ideas are reigniting. Whilst politics redraws borders and powers, daily life begins anew: people sing, go to the cinema, paint, invent machines, and imagine new ways of being in the world. It is the rebirth of civilisation. ‘The Mothers of ’46’ is a brilliant production that brings the history and life of that year, 1946, back to life, traversing it like a map full of surprises, spanning politics, art, customs and science. The narrative retraces unforgettable moments: an international musical success, the reopening of La Scala in Milan, Picasso’s new works, the dawn of the computer age, the cinema witnessing the birth of Hitchcock’s masterpieces and Italian neorealism, the opening of the Maison Dior in Paris, and an unforgettable surprise in Alba. At the heart of the story lies 2 June 1946: the constitutional referendum, the birth of the Republic and the first political vote by Italian women. A date that becomes a gateway, a concrete gesture of freedom. From there emerge the figures of the ‘Madri Costituenti’ (Constitutional Mothers), and in particular Teresa Noce, Angiola Minella and Rita Montagnana, the three women from Piedmont who are the protagonists of this journey.
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