Olga e il tempo
Olga and time
Manuele Cecconello / Italy / 2007 / 56 min / Black and white
A “slow speed” story in which the usual, measured gestures of Olga, in her daily work as a shepherd, exist in their own time and truth. What comes through clearly is an authentic love for the mountains and symbolic devotion to nature. Olga, in this transfigured world, assumes the role of solitary icon for all shepherds in the mountainous Biellese region.
Manuele Cecconello
Director and photographer, born in Vercelli in 1969, he studied Film History and Criticism at the University of Turin. Since the late 1980s, he has worked in publishing and audiovisual media, leading training workshops, writing essays for journals, and making experimental films. Among others, he directed the documentary Il patto della montagna (2017).
Credits
Subject Manuele Cecconello Screenplay Manuele Cecconello Cinematography Manuele Cecconello, Claudio Pidello Sound Manuele Cecconello Editing Manuele Cecconello Music Arvo Pärt, Alfred Schnittke Main cast Olga Valcauda Producer Manuele Cecconello Production company Prospettiva Nevskij
