After years of preliminary investigations by Raffaele Guariniello, the “iron prosecuting attorney,” the first great criminal trial against the “Lords of Asbestos” opened in Turin in 2009 and ended with a 16-year prison sentence on February 13th, 2012.
All international trials related to asbestos so far had been civil proceedings aimed at awarding refunds to the victims or bringing down the local executives of the companies.
The trial of Turin is the biggest environmental case in Europe, with more than 6000 victims in the plaintiff. Stephan Schmidheiny and Louis Cartier de Marchienne were convicted of “causing a continuing disaster in health and environment” and “willfully neglecting safety regulations in the workplace".
The film explores the current situation of India and Brazil in the light of the tragic trail of deaths provoked by asbestos in Italy in the past.
Written and Directed by: Niccolo Bruna & Andrea Prandstralle
Producer: Enrica Capra Produced by: GraffitiDoc
Produced by: GraffitiDoc
Co-Produced by: RTSI-Pacte Audiovisuel Suisse
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