The Po and its tributaries as described in stories told by the people who live along its banks; microhistories unfold in settings where time seems to have stood still; fishermen's tales, legends and poetry recited in Lombard dialect; testimony to a forgotten way of living on the river and in its surroundings, more in tune with nature, its rhythms, in a sort of spontaneous symbiosis. The film was commissioned by the Archives of Ethnography and Social History.
La fiuma. Incontri sul Po e dintorni
Localized Title
[She river. Encounters on Po River and sorroundings ]
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2008
Duration
67'
Production Companies
Azul Produzioni, Archivio di Etnografia e Storia Sociale della Regione Lombardia
Languages
Italian
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«Practicing a sort of detached observation, we explored the local backwashes where people have very different ways of living with the river. We wanted to portray places and events as closely as possible through their perspective either as a series of pictures or as a leg on a study trip. The single strand in the enquiry consisted of three questions: what does the river mean to the people we encountered, what was their past relationship with the river, and what is that relationship like now, after the changes brought about by industrialization and pollution».
Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Among oceans, peaks, waterways, arid lands, woodlands and grasslands, the vast diversity and splendor of the natural world, the remarkable harmonies of small and large habitats, crucial for life on the planet and at risk due to human actions.
Food on Film project
Partners
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