Souvenir
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This short film tells the story of a river: from its source up in the mountains, through the pollution and degradation caused by valleys, towns, industries, to the muddy and polluted mouth in a dying sea, where everything seems to stop in a disquieting calm.
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About the Movie Souvenir
“Clean up the world” starts in Australia in 1989 and moves to Italy in 1994. It is the most important international event of environmental voluntary work, involving more than 100 countries all over the world. Over 500,000 citizens joined the 1999 edition, going down the streets to clean 3500 areas in 1300 Italian towns: adults, children, families, schools, associations who answered Legambiente's call. For the 2000 edition held on September 24th, Tele+ produced 15 short films (3-11 minutes long) entitled La monnezza (Rubbish), in collaboration with Legambiente.
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