Riposino in pace
Italia / 1996 / 9 min / Colour
The white, the muffl ed noises, the loneliness, and the poetry of a snowy day in Ostana, a village of only fifteen people at 1300 meters in altitude in the upper Po valley.
Fredo Valla
Valla was born in Sempeyre, a province of Cuneo, in 1948. A director, documentarist, and screenwriter, he studied at the "Ipotesi Cinema" workshop, directed by Ermanno Olmi. He worked in television for RAI and Sat 2000 and has collaborated with major directors including Pupi Avati. With Riposino in pace (1996) he won first prize at the IV Film Festival della Lessinia.