Siachen. Una guerra per ghiaccio
Siachen. A war for ice
Fulvio Mariani / Switzerland / 2005 / 82 min / Colour
The history and daily events surrounding one of the least known but most absurd wars on the planet. Since 1984, at the extreme northern border of India and Pakistan, a war is being waged for control of the Siachen glacier (at 5000-7000 meters). The film, shot in 2004, documents for the first time in video the terrible war being fought for a few hundred square kilometers of ice and rock, in the heart of Karakorum. The places and unfortunate protagonists of this terrible war are viewed realistically and without tragic irony, even if the marches, war games, and advancing positions of the two armies all seem like absurd, terrible, staging.
Fulvio Mariani
Born in Chaux-de-Fonds in 1958, he is both a director and producer, and is passionate about Alpinism and photography. Since 1981 he has worked for the RSI, making films with the most world-renowned Alpinists. He often collaborated with Mario Casella. At the Film Festival della Lessinia, the two directors won the Lessinia D'Oro in 2008 with Grozny Dreaming, the prize from the public and prize from the jury of inmates in 2012 with Vite tra i vulcani and participated in 2016 with Inverno afghano.
Credits
Language Italian Screenplay Mario Casella Cinematography Fulvio Mariani Editing Marianne Quarti Music Fulvio Mariani Production company Iceberg Film
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