Based on Matteo Righetto’s novel of the same name, La pelle dell’orso, directorial debut by Marco Segato, is set in a small village in the heart of the Belluno Dolomites in the 1950s and tells the story of the reconciliation between a father and son.
Pietro (Marco Paolini) is fifty years old although he seems older, consumed as he is by solitude and wine; he makes his living working in the quarry for Toni Crepaz, an unscrupulous businessman. His relationship with son Domenico (Leonardo Mason) is bitter and difficult, long silences have made them strangers.
The peace of their village has recently been broken by the presence of a ferocious killer bear in the valley who inspires superstitious terror: "el diàol", the devil, the old people call him. At the tavern one evening, Pietro challenges Crepaz in a burst of pride, declaring he will kill the bear for a price. The next day, at dawn, Pietro sets off; Domenico decides to follow him. Father and son venture ever deeper into the woods, until they are inevitably transformed. They gradually grow closer, reconciling, and the wall that separated them crumbles in the face of the power of nature.
Although the story is set in Colle Santa Lucia, the film was shot mainly in Val di Zoldo (7 weeks in May - July 2015), in particular in the hamlet of Fornesighe. Locations included: the Sottorogno forest, lake Vach, Val Pramper, La Veda, Venas di Cadore; and Erto and Crasso (Val Zemola), outside Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Based on Matteo Righetto’s novel of the same name, La pelle dell’orso, directorial debut by Marco Segato, is set in a small village in the heart of the Belluno Dolomites in the 1950s and tells the story of the reconciliation between a father and son.
Pietro (Marco Paolini) is fifty years old although he seems older, consumed as he is by solitude and wine; he makes his living working in the quarry for Toni Crepaz, an unscrupulous businessman. His relationship with son Domenico (Leonardo Mason) is bitter and difficult, long silences have made them strangers.
The peace of their village has recently been broken by the presence of a ferocious killer bear in the valley who inspires superstitious terror: "el diàol", the devil, the old people call him. At the tavern one evening, Pietro challenges Crepaz in a burst of pride, declaring he will kill the bear for a price. The next day, at dawn, Pietro sets off; Domenico decides to follow him. Father and son venture ever deeper into the woods, until they are inevitably transformed. They gradually grow closer, reconciling, and the wall that separated them crumbles in the face of the power of nature.
Although the story is set in Colle Santa Lucia, the film was shot mainly in Val di Zoldo (7 weeks in May - July 2015), in particular in the hamlet of Fornesighe. Locations included: the Sottorogno forest, lake Vach, Val Pramper, La Veda, Venas di Cadore; and Erto and Crasso (Val Zemola), outside Friuli Venezia Giulia.
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Val Zemola (PN)
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La Gnaga, il tradizionale Carnevale di Fornesighe di Zoldo (BL)
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Fornesighe di Zoldo (BL)
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Val Pramper (BL)
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Val Pramper (BL)
1950s. Domenico and his father Pietro live in a small village in the heart of the Dolomite mountains. Their relationship is bitter and difficult and long silences have made them strangers. The peace of the village is being threatened by the presence of a ferocious bear in the valley. At the tavern one evening, Pietro declares that he will kill the bear in exchange for money. The following day, at dawn, he sets off, followed by his son. As they venture further into the woods, father and son grow closer and the wall that separated them crumbles in the face of nature’s immensity.
