LA MONTAGNA INFRANTA
THE SHATTERED MOUNTAIN
Italia / 2013 / 30 min / Colour
At the end of 1963, Luigi Di Gianni was amongst the first to record the testimony of survivors of the Vajont catastrophe. With his documentaries, he gave voice to the tragedy, as the investigative reports of Tina Merlin on the risks of building the dam attempted, in vain, to avoid it. After fifty years, Di Gianni returns to those places. The period footage, animation, and original soundtrack interpret the recollections, the pain, and the grieving for the more than two thousand victims and the unsustainable affliction of the survivors who lost both their loved ones and their possessions. This is not a celebration of death, but rather a song to life that tells of the rebirth of a strong, tenacious people.
Mirco Melanco
A professor of film, photography, and television, he teaches at the DAMS and the University of Padua, where he also in charge of the “Video writing laboratory”. Melanco has written history and film criticism and is the author of four monographs and more than fifty essays published in books and magazines. He is the director of documentaries, video-essays, and video-installations, which have been shown at the MOMA in New York, MART in Rovereto, and Expo in Shanghai.
Credits
Language Italian Subject Mirco MelancoScreenplay Mirco MelancoCinematography Mirco MelancoSound Danilo BellonEditing Enrico Colelli, Michele Fornelli, Susanna NorbiatoMusic Danilo BellonMain cast Luigi Di Gianni, Tina MerlinProducer Federico MassProduction company Associazione Culturale Gooliver
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