Genres: Short film, Documentary, Experimental, Cultural / Ethnographic
Running Time: 9 minutes and 45 seconds
Original Language: Neapolitan and Italian
Subtitles Available in: English, Italian, Danish
Location: Naples, Italy
Country of Production: Denmark
Director: Angelo Pone
🗒️ Synopsis
Naples doesn’t just celebrate — it invokes.
A city in motion that walks, marches, and sings in light blue. In 1987, under Corrado Ferlaino’s presidency, Napoli won its first historic league title — the Scudetto. Diego Armando Maradona was not merely a footballer: he became a secular saint, the face and left foot of a collective dream. The second title followed in 1990 — and with it, the rise of a myth. Thirty-three years later, in 2023, with Aurelio De Laurentiis as president and Luciano Spalletti as head coach, Napoli returned to glory with a third Scudetto. And in 2025, with Antonio Conte on the bench, came the fourth — a near-miraculous triumph.
Yet the soul of Naples remains unchanged. The motorcades are gone. For safety — and for spirit — the celebration now unfolds on foot, through alleys and open squares: from Largo Maradona, deep in the Spanish Quarter, to Via Caracciolo, the seafront road outside the municipal park. This is where the heroes of the fourth Scudetto will appear — and nothing stirs the crowd more than arriving there to cheer them on.
A gesture of civic devotion.
A secular tribute to heroes past and present. The city pulses with ancestral energy. The celebration becomes ritual — a lay liturgy of steps, chants, tears, and proud faces glowing with belonging.
In the Name of the Scudetto is a popular mass in the form of a short film. An intimate, poetic gaze that blends archive and present-day footage, chants and silence, capturing a popular faith that transcends the sport.
Through original footage, archival material, and a complete creative vision by Angelo Pone — direction, editing, writing, and production — the film weaves a visual liturgy where myth and reality converge. The city itself becomes sacred story. The people, one unified voice. Throughout the procession, a proud mantra is sung—an unseen thread shaping the rhythm and spirit of the crowd. As the procession fades to black, the sounds of footsteps and chants linger in the silence. After a brief pause, a voice reflects,
“Today I celebrated like a true Neapolitan.”
Then, the final phrase appears:
“From Naples, to eternity. The rest is history”.
🎯 Official Selection & Festival Submission This trailer is part of the promotional package for festival submissions.
