SUL VULCANO
ON THE VULCANO
Italia / 2014 / 80 min / Colour
Maria, Matteo and Yole: three lives at the foot of Vesuvius. With images of yesterday and today, are intertwining stories of lives lived, religious visions, and philosophic suggestions. The director gives us a portrait of the “crazy land” dominated by the volcano, a place that is unique in the world, so rich with history, mythology, and literary evocations. It makes us wonder us the proverbial Neapolitan fatalism might not derive from the cumbersome, menacing presence of Vesuvius that, after two millennia, could at any moment threaten the survival of these lands. But which is more dangerous today: the mountain or Man?
Gianfranco Pannone
Born in Naples in 1963, he earned a degree in film history and criticism from the Università La Sapienza in Rome and a diploma in directing from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. In 1990 he began producing and directing documentaries. With Latina / Littoria (2001) he earned important recognition at the Torino Film Festival and the Festival del Cinema Mediterraneo. Sul vulcano was screened at the Festival del Film di Locarno in 2014.
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Language Italian Subject Gianfranco PannoneScreenplay Gianfranco PannoneCinematography Tarek Ben AbdallahEditing Erika ManoniMusic Daniele SepeMain cast Toni Servillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Fabrizio Gifuni, Leo Gullotta, Iaia Forte, Enzo Moscato, Renato Carpentieri, Aniello ArenaProducer Blue Film, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema
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