LUNGO IL FIUME
ALONG THE RIVER
Italia / 1992 / 80 min / Colour
The filmed story of a voyage along the Po River becomes the occasion for a personal reflection on life and spirituality. The music of Handel’s Messiah underlines the sacred attitude toward this marvellous, ancient nature. Made for television in 1991, fruit of a courageous production of RAI, this film explores the slow rhythm of the water and life along its banks, recounting man’s activities and the changing of the seasons and the environment.
Ermanno Olmi
Honoured in Venice with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2008, Olmi was born in Bergamo in 1931. He is amongst the most prolific filmmakers on the Italian scene. Particularly tied to the memories of a childhood in the countryside, he has told of its most intimate aspects, favouring the sentiments of the simple life and the poetic beauty of Nature.
Credits
Language Italian Subject Ermanno OlmiScreenplay Ermanno OlmiCinematography Ermanno Olmi Fabio OlmiEditing Paolo CottignolaProducer Giuseppe CeredaProduction company Cineteca di Bologna
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