Fa firögna
Switzerland, June 2000
FILM,
Documentary,
75 min.
- directed by
- Mike Wildbolz
- Written by
- Mike Wildbolz, Liliana Piantini Piffaretti
- Status
- In distribution
A documentary film based on the recollections of Elvira, an aged farmer's wife from the upper Blenio valley who recounts to her daughter the story of the first thirty years of her life. Elvira, the seventh of eleven siblings, recalls the lost traditions, and how the village remained cut off for months in winter when avalanches covered and closed the old Toira road. Stories of farmers' humble lives, light-hearted and sometimes sad, emerge from the past in this film.
Documentario ispirato alle memorie di Elvira, un’anziana contadina dell’alta Valle di Blenio che racconta a sua figlia i primi trent’anni della sua vita. Elvira, settima di undici fratelli, ricorda le tradizioni ormai perse e di come il paese d’inverno restasse isolato per mesi quando la vecchia strada della Töira rimaneva chiusa coperta dalle valanghe. Nel film riemergono dal passato storie di vita contadina umili, allegre e a volte anche tristi.
credits
- World Premiere
- June 2000
- Original Version
- Italian (italian subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 75 min.
- Production
- RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Mike Wildbolz
- directed by
- Mike Wildbolz
- Written by
- Mike Wildbolz, Liliana Piantini Piffaretti
- Editing
- Marianne Quarti
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001