Presentazione

Italy / 52’ / Colour / DV/ 2010

Genre Documentario
Director Stefano Morandini
Screenwriter Stefano Morandini
Production company APM Videoproduzioni

The subject of this documentary are the valleys of river Torre and Cornappo that are situated close to the border between Slovenia and the Romance area. In these areas people speak (though less than in the past) an ancient Slovenian dialect, Tersko Narecje, which, during last century, was not given as much linguistic and ethnographic attention as were the nearby areas of Resia Valley and Natisone Valley. The video is the result of a 4-year research during which, by interviewing, recording traditional rituals and recovering old material on film, it was possible to follow the identity dynamics, half way between an ancient sense of belonging and a new sense of reception towards immigrants, that have started to populate these areas again. The documentary follows the research of anthropologist Stefano Morandini whose aim is to bring into evidence the elements of identity preservation especially after the fall of the border between Italy and Slovenia which represented one of the most important moments for the inhabitants of these valleys because a sense of belonging to a common ethnic-linguistic substratum was recognized at last.

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Credits

Regia: Stefano Morandini
Sceneggiatura: Stefano Morandini
Fotografia: Francesco Pattanaro
Montaggio: Michele Marcolini, Francesco Pattanaro
Musiche originali: Romano Todesco
Responsabili di produzione: Michele Marcolini
Produzione: APM videoproduzioni, Università degli Studi di Udine -Archivio Etnotesti, Circolo Culturale Menocchio