La follia della rivoluzione

This documentary delves into the challenges faced by psychoanalysis in Italy, where it was dismissed by idealism, Catholicism, and fascism as a pseudo-science. Marxist ideology also critiqued it as a bourgeois concept. The film outlines the gradual change in perception following the events of 1968, leading to the formation of numerous groups inspired by Lacanian theory.

One highlight includes the Milan collective Semiotica e psicoanalisi, which organized an international conference on madness in 1976. This event marked a significant shift in the discourse surrounding psychoanalysis in Italy. La follia della rivoluzione provides a unique perspective on how psychoanalysis began to gain acceptance within Italian intellectual circles during a turbulent period in history.