Il monte interiore
THE INNER MOUNTAIN
Michele Sammarco / Italy / 2020 / 40 min / Colour
In the Euganean Hills, amidst the winter fog, a man listens anxiously to the braying of Giorgio the donkey, which is different from the call he hears every day. His animal is sick and refuses to move, so the farmer asks the village priest for advice. But the young parish priest can't help him, as he doesn't give any space to old popular beliefs. Only the priest's housekeeper approaches the man, handing him a bag of salt. Going up the mountain there is a small church and inside it a statue of Saint Anthony, who can bless that salt and make Giorgio well. Michele Sammarco relies on non-professional actors and explores a peasant world populated by dreams and ancient traditions that have never disappeared, but are hidden from view like embers still burning under the ashes. His lens oscillates between the materiality of the earth, the mud and the animals and a dreamlike dimension that ignites like a long-awaited flame.
Michele Sammarco
Michele Sammarco, born in 1991, lives and works in the province of Padua. He graduated in Film Direction at the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Milan. His short film Maria Vola Via (2017) represents the beginning of a cinematographic journey in search of the traditions of the peasant world of his lands. Il monte interiore (2020) his latest film, was presented in competition at Visions Du Réel - Internation Film Festival Nyon.
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Subject Michele SammarcoScreenplay Michele SammarcoCinematography Marco PirondiniSound Agit Utlu, Tommaso Barbaro, Marcello La FortezzaEditing Michele SammarcoMusic Gianpaolo CapobiancoMain cast Antonio Cappellato e l'asino Giorgio, Gabriella Ferrarese, Massimo PiovanProduction company Michele Sammarco
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