30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

Italian premiere

A year of life across the entire Alpine arc, from the thaw to the arrival of winter, through the eyes, gestures and reflections of three characters: Virignie, Marcel and Valentin. Far from the stereotype of the mountain man, the three protagonists are the expression of a contemporary, resistant and sometimes innovative trend of living and working in the Alpine area: a return to ruralism that is for them both a political and a spiritual choice. Le terre alte captures, with an attentive and impartial eye, a possibility of existence alternative to the frenzy of contemporary civilisation, and the desire to embrace a rhythm that advances at the slow and cyclic pace of nature. As the seasons change and in the quiet fatigue of working in the fields and with the animals, a destiny is fulfilled that indicates, without clamouring, a concrete desire to change things.

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  Andrea Zambelli

  Andrea Zambelli was born in Bergamo in 1975. He graduated from DAMS in Bologna, and gained experience as assistant director before making his debut with the documentary Di madre in figli (2008), selected for the Toronto Film Festival.

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  Andrea Zanoli

  Andrea Zanoli was born in Bergamo in 1981. He is a documentary director, editor and camera operator. He works in the organisation of the Bergamo Film Meeting as a selector for the documentary section, Visti da vicino.