Acqua, ferro e fuoco

Water, Iron and Fire
by Paolo Trainotti

Italy, 2009
Mini DV
Colour
Length: 19’
Language: Ala dialect

Italian premiere

Francesco Cortiana, a blacksmith and craftsman, forges and models a billhook in his workshop on the slopes of the Valdadige. The gestures of this craftsman are precise and encompass the thousands-year-old traditions and wisdom of the artisans’ world. It is water that makes the wheel that brings energy to the big trip hammer turn. That wheel that ten years after Francesco Cortiana’s death no longer turns.

Paolo Trainotti
A mountain enthusiast born in Ala in 1950, he is a member of the S.A.T. and the Alpine Rescue team in Ala. He has spent considerable time in the high mountains and has documented his climbs in photographs and video documentaries.

Director: Paolo Trainotti
Photography: Paolo Trainotti
Editing: Paolo Trainotti
Sound: Paolo Trainotti
Producer: Paolo Trainotti

Paolo Trainotti
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