EMIGRANTI
EMIGRANTS
Franco Piavoli / Italy / 1963 / 11 min / Black and white
At Milan’s Stazione Centrale, weary faces and cardboard suitcases tell the story of migrants departing for Northern Europe. With a sober and poetic gaze, Franco Piavoli transforms waiting into a suspended, universal time, where every gesture becomes a collective memory.
Franco Piavoli
A leading figure in Italian documentary cinema, born in 1933. After early shorts such as Domenica Sera (1962) and Emigranti (1963), he made his feature debut Il Pianeta Azzurro (1982), which was in competition at the Venice Film Festival. His later works include Nostos – Il Ritorno (1989), Voci nel tempo (1996), and Al Primo Soffio di Vento (2002). In 2016, he presented his short Festa at the Locarno Film Festival.
