Film Commission Torino Piemonte

The documentary is an exploration of places and people and the reciprocal relations among four elements: the places of “there’s nothing here”, the cities, the “remained” and the “leavers”. The four elements will contribute to build a storytelling of a unknown but very large and extremely beautiful area of Southern Italy, where my own family has its origins. The aim is reconnecting some interrupted stories and revealing connections between distant places. I grew up in the industrial north, and in the first part of my life I got to know the hometown of my family only through stories told around the table by my older relatives. When I started the research for this documentary my approach was distant and detached. But after more than one year and half of research and shooting, my family’s hometown became parte of my life as I have been progressively involved in its unexpected vibrant atmosphere. there? And in the meanwhile, what happened to the many  locals that left in the past? The documentary will contribute  also to the development model and the ongoing changes in the places where the “leavers” live, the industrial cities in the North.