A COUNTRY OF RESISTANCE

UN VILLAGE EN RÉSISTANCE

By Catherine CATELLA, Shu AIELLO

FIPADOC - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, BIARRITZ - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2023

Riace, Calabria. After 20 years, this village, which had made welcoming migrants its future, became the target of the populist wave consuming Italy. The venom has spread and Domenico Lucano, its mayor, is the object of a cabal and forced into exile. Riace faces a dilemma: resist or disappear.

Festivals
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FIPADOC 2024
Competition - Impact
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Catherine CATELLA, Shu AIELLO
    • Synopsis
    • Riace, Calabria. After 20 years, this village, which had made welcoming migrants its future, became the target of the populist wave consuming Italy. The venom has spread and Domenico Lucano, its mayor, is the object of a cabal and forced into exile. Riace faces a dilemma: resist or disappear.