Parthenope, one of the sirens of Greek mythology, who gave her name to the ancient Greek settlement of present-day Naples, is found atop a garbage pile, her face horribly disfigured. Surrounding her are heaps of refuse left in the aftermath of the garbage crisis that struck the region of Campania. The scene changes to a theater stage: at table is a band of raucous dinner guests: politicians, priests, public officials, Camorra clansmen, intellectuals and plain citizens, eager to devour what turns out to be poor Parthenope. Starting in a provoking Bunuel-like surrealistic vein, Megaris takes a novel allegoric approach to reveal the drama of Neapolitan reality.
Megaris
Genre
Fiction
Country
Italy
Year
2008
Duration
8'
Production Companies
Pigrecoemme, F.N.C.
Languages
Italian
Pollution
Pollution
Water, air, and land are affected by a phenomenon that is spreading rapidly across the planet, from small to large scales, turning into a worldwide crisis due to plastic pollution.
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