Prezzemolo, sensa pile sensa curént elètrica

Prezzemolo, Without Batteries, Without Electricity
by Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino

Italy, 2008
DV-Cam, Mini DV
Colour
Length: 52’
Language: Italian, Piedmont dialect, Provence dialect

It is not unusual to meet Mario Collino, whose stage name is Prezzemolo, in the piazzas of the Piedmont region, busy with his dumùre et na vira, the games of years gone by. Prezzemolo succeeds in bringing to life the popular knowledge of earlier times, consisting of sayings, rhymes, songs, and stories. His tales spring from the spontaneous use of an infinite series of found objects and materials. In the hands of Mario Collini, every object becomes a toy, a meditation, an example and entertainment. This documentary is not simply a presentation of Prezzemolo’s demonstrations in the piazzas and schools all over Italy, but rather it is a true voyage inside his singular personality. We discover and get to know Prezzemolo as he walks along the Cunese plain, during the night of the Valle Stura, on the switchbacks that rise 2000 meters to the sanctuary of Sant’Anna di Vinadio, along the route of one of his favorite and most often-repeated pilgrimages.

Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Sandro Gastinelli was born in Cuneo and has been passionate about film since his youth. In 1990 he founded, with his wife Marzia Pellegrino, Studiouno Produzioni Televisive di Boves. With the film Parla de Kyè, Sandro and Marzia began their activity producing and directing films and documentaries about the life of their mountains, the Western Alps in Piedmont.

Director: Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Subject: Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Screenplay: Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Photography: Sandro Gastinelli
Editing: Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Sound: Marzia Pellegrino
Producer: Sandro Gastinelli, Marzia Pellegrino
Production Company: Studiouno

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