In 1977 Italy’s popular revolt reached its peak, when youth demanded a future rejecting bosses, borders, and compromise. The Year of Living Dangerously retells the movement's origins, ideals, visual culture, and ongoing debates surrounding its legacy. Featuring crucial texts, many translated into English for the first time, accompanied by critical commentary that illuminate the richness and complexity of this extraordinary chapter in Italian history, capturing a defiant, joyful movement that briefly threatened to upend the political establishment's consensus around sacrifice and economic discipline.