From the Alps to Sicily, Amate sponde displays a country with unique and often misunderstood landscapes, with a gaze turned to the city and suburban environments, to the world of work, contemporary meeting places and new and old collective rituals. A country that, despite everything, is in continual transformation, split by the contradictions of agitation and backwardness, of innovation and ancient conservatism. It is all displayed through music and images alone. No verbal comment, just a pure intertwining of vision and emotion, with very high-definition images from Sara Purgatorio and an evocative, dreamy and powerful soundtrack from Vittorio Cosma.
In considering notions of development and progress, Amate Sponde questions the present state of the relationship between Italians and their environment. The most recent figures suggest that - at an average of 19 hectares a day, the highest in the past decade and equal to a speed of over 2 m² a second - nearly 70 km² was covered in 2021, with cement now occupying 21,500 km² of Italy’s territory. The news periodically reports the dramatic consequences: the environment is becoming frail, at risk, desertified. It is not simply the proverbial beauty of our land at risk, however, but the actual identity of Italians as the historic expression of this environment.
It is for this, and no other, reason that the protection of our landscape is enshrined in Italy’s constitution. It is our right and our duty.
From the Alps to Sicily, Amate sponde displays a country with unique and often misunderstood landscapes, with a gaze turned to the city and suburban environments, to the world of work, contemporary meeting places and new and old collective rituals. A country that, despite everything, is in continual transformation, split by the contradictions of agitation and backwardness, of innovation and ancient conservatism. It is all displayed through music and images alone. No verbal comment, just a pure intertwining of vision and emotion, with very high-definition images from Sara Purgatorio and an evocative, dreamy and powerful soundtrack from Vittorio Cosma.
In considering notions of development and progress, Amate Sponde questions the present state of the relationship between Italians and their environment. The most recent figures suggest that - at an average of 19 hectares a day, the highest in the past decade and equal to a speed of over 2 m² a second - nearly 70 km² was covered in 2021, with cement now occupying 21,500 km² of Italy’s territory. The news periodically reports the dramatic consequences: the environment is becoming frail, at risk, desertified. It is not simply the proverbial beauty of our land at risk, however, but the actual identity of Italians as the historic expression of this environment.
It is for this, and no other, reason that the protection of our landscape is enshrined in Italy’s constitution. It is our right and our duty.
Schicchera Production, Eie Film, Luce Cinecittà, DBW Communication, Sky
