Picu picu picuraro

Picu Picu Shepherd
by Micol Cossali

Italy, 2008
Mini DV
Colour
Length: 12’
Language: Sicilian dialect

Like many of his contemporaries, Ignazio Ciccarello emigrated north in his youth. Dissatisfied and feeling like a prisoner in a world that didn’t feel like his, he decided to return to the Sicilian mountains to become a shepherd like his father and grandfather. He now owns a large flock of sheep. The  hepherd’s life is filled with hardship, but here Ignazio found true freedom.

Micol Cossali
Micol Cossali was born in 1976. After earning a degree in philosophy he studied cinema and collaborated with various film and television productions. He presented his first feature film, A Great Black Sleep. The Life and Death of Giorgio Rossa, Alpinist and Laborer, at the Trento Filmfilmfestivalin 2007.

Director: Micol Cossali
Subject: Claudia Marchesoni
Screenplay: Claudia Marchesoni
Photography: Micol Cossali
Editing: Micol Cossali
Sound: Micol Cossali
Music: Fattoria del Vento
Production Company: Associazione Gente di Montagna

Associazione Gente di Montagna
c/o Davide Torri
Via Maironi da Ponte, 34/S
24123 Bergamo
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