Rumore bianco

The Tagliamento flows slowly: its 170 km course forms a border between Veneto and Friuli, but also a crossroads where people and cultures meet. White Noise gives a poetic account of life along the river, enlisting a host of characters: two old ladies who live at the source of the river, a family of fishermen on an island, a group of Swiss scientists studying the river's habits. What emerges is a detailed portrait, masterfully edited and photographed, in alternating glimpses of past and present, the importance of the river as a cultural resource, a silent yet ever present witness of wars, floods, social upheavals and many stories of routine life.