La culla delle aquile

The Cradle of the Eagles
by Alessandro Pugno

Italy, 2008
Betacam SP
Colour
Length: 53’
Language: Italian

In a small town in the Ligurian Alps, people seem to live in a state of isolation from the modern world. The men and women who live here have maintained a purity and mental clarity that is perhaps lost to the “city dwellers”. Guido, Giuliana, Anna, Francis and other people in this story have chosen a life in contact with nature. Their roots are in the mountains and from the mountains comes their daily sustenance. Along with images of the present are others filmed in black and white decades ago. Voices singing popular songs accompany the memories of the past. Keeping this little town alive, caring for it and loving it, means, for its inhabitants, building a cradle for the future of humanity.

Alessandro Pugno
Born in 1983 in Casale Monferrrato, after working as a photographer he moved to Spain, where he works as a documentary film editor. In 2004, after returning to Italy, he founded the production house, Papavero Films. In 2006 he published his first poetry collection, Fili d’oro tra le ortiche.

Director: Alessandro Pugno
Subject: Alessandro Pugno, Massimiliano Ferrari
Screenplay: Alessandro Pugno, Massimiliano Ferrari
Photography: Andrea Russo
Editing: Veronica Scotti
Sound: Francesco Zatta
Music: Marco Berruti
Producer: Alessandro Pugno
Production Company: Papavero Films

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