DE, IT 1993 | Director, Script: Cinzia Bullo | Camera: Cinzia Bullo, Matl Findel | Camera Assistant: Luke McBain | Editor: Simone Klier, Inge Schneider | Lighting: Luke McBain | Music: Pierluigi Petris | Sound: Gabi Hess, Georg Maas | Colour | 16mm | 77 min | ital. OV with german SUB | Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek
Sarangio is a small Italian village in the foothills of Lake Maggiore. Mountain farmer Marina and her friend Adelaide have been living here for 57 years. The land that they once cultivated is now wild. With wit and charm, the two older mountain farmers talk about the happy and sad moments of their lives. As they do, they convey [...] that part of the past which is irretrievable. (dffb-Archiv online)
Nature is invading the narrow alleyways of the village; nobody is left there to tame it. [...] Marina is the memory of the place. What will become of this memory when she is no longer there? The old is disappearing; the new is clearing a path. A number of young people have recently moved to Sarangio; a child is born for the first time in ages. Past and present touch one another for a fleeting moment. [...] (Lichtblick-Kino, Berlin. Film series Zurück auf Anfang, 2018)
| Acronyms | |
|---|---|
| amer. | American English |
| b/w | Black and white |
| OV | Original version |
| SUB | Subtitles |
| +SUB | electronic live subtitling (below the image) |
| INT | Intertitles |
| Countries | |
|---|---|
| AT | Austria |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany (historic) |
| BLR | Belarus |
| DE | Germany |
| CAN | Canada |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (historic) |
| EGY | Egypt |
| FR | France |
| GB | Great Britain |
| URY | Uruguay |
| BRA | Brasil |
| SWE | Sweden |
| UKR | Ukraine |
| PL | Poland |
| IDN | Indonesia |
| PRT | Portugal |
| HRV | Croatia |
| ECU | Ecuador |
| HUN | Hungary |
| AUS | Australia |
| IT | Italy |
| MEX | Mexico |
| IND | India |
Followed by a conversation with the director
Cinzia Bullo grew up in a small Italian village by Lake Maggiore and lived in Milan for some time before moving to Berlin in 1984. While studying at the dffb (1986-93) and in the following years she directed her own films. In addition, she worked as a director of photography and as an assistant director for other productions. She also developed the material for several fiction films, raised three children, co-founded a high school, and directed and produced a number of videos on school and education in Berlin. Currently Cinzia Bullo is working on a long-term documentary about a Berlin high school whose students mostly are from immigrant families.
