The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal , in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Québécoise, is pleased to presents the screening of the documentary-film “Dove vanno le nuvole”, produced by the Italian director Massimo Ferrari.
The documentary (75’) wants to recount some stories and experiences from the North of Italy, Treviso, to the South, Riace, passing through Bologna and Padova, of people who had the courage to try to transform the fear into opportunity and the utopia into reality. The docufilm is a about the Migrant Crisis in Italy and these are some of many extraordinary examples of cohabitation, humanity in the move.
Wednesday November 1 – 7pm
Thursday November 2 – 7pm
Friday November 3 – 9pm
Cinémathèque Québécoise
335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est
Free Admission
The documentary (75min.) is in Italian with French subtitles
Trailer
At the end of the screening, the director Massimo Ferrari and the Prof. Antonio Calò will intervine.
Riace is a small village in the south of Italy where the everyday life is monitored by its Mayor Domenico Lucano. He is now considered the third best Mayor in the world by the “World Mayor Prize”, he earned to be the only Italian in the Fortune magazine ranking for the World Greatest Leaders in 2016. Domenico is a humble but stubborn man, able to put in practice what it was seen only as an utopia. He welcomed 400 migrant in a 1800 habitants village, giving them a house and job training, saving his town’s economy and creating a model of town to be studied and adopted in Europe.
Massimo Ferrari was born in Rome on 27-02-1976. He graduated in Communication Sciences at La Sapienza University, in Rome. Writer and author of many documentaries on myths of Italian cinema for Sky Cinema: documentaries by Roberto Benigni, Sophia Loren, Totò to Manfredi, through Germi, Dino Risi, Tognazzi and Alberto Sordi.
Antonio Calò is a high school philosophy teacher at Liceo Ginnasio Statale in Treviso. He wanted to deeply explore the theme of reception directly in his home town, welcoming some migrants. His example of hosting has earned him the honor of the Order of Merit of the Republic by the President Sergio Mattarella with the following motivation: “For the example of civilization and humanity that he provided by opening his home to six young refugees”.