Eco das montanhas. Aviagem da palavra
Mountain echo. Word's journey
André Costantin / Brazil / 2008 / 44 min / Colour
A fascinating and intricate linguistic voyage: emigrants from the Veneto region, who once left the upper plains of Asiago and the Lessinia mountains, still speak the antique Cimbric dialect in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. The memory of this antique, and almost vanished, language becomes a bridge between two realities that are distant geographically, yet linked by the bond of history, traditions, and memories. The meeting between a young Italian and an elderly Brazilian, daughter of Italian immigrants, in southern Brazil, leads these words to be remembered and an old, forgotten song to echo once again in the identity of people and cultures separated by time, history, and the ocean. The memory that joins them delays the twilight of a language and a tradition born in the Old World; on the contrary, it adds to the intricate tangle of the origins and influences of Brazilian culture.
André Costantin
Born in 1968, Costantin holds a degree in regional literature and culture from the University of Caxias do Sul. Since 1996, he has worked as a director and documentary filmmaker, devoting himself above all to the theme of historical memory and culture in Brazil. At the Film Festival della Lessinia he presented Eco das montanhas: a viagem da palavra (2008) and Se milagres Desejais (2010).
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Language Portuguese, Italian, CimbroSubject André Costantin Screenplay André Costantin Cinematography Alessandro Ditadi Sound André Costantin, Alessandro Ditadi Editing Daniel Herrera Producer Fernando Roveda Production company Projeto Memoria, Fernando Roveda
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