Sunday 1 October > 7.00 pm
Castello Volante, Corigliano d’Otranto
(free admission)
> 7.00 pm
screening of the film
Asini dotti
by Francesco De Giorgi and Giovanni Iavarone
the film will be presented by Paolo Pisanelli, artistic director of Cinema del reale
> 8.15 pm
presentation of the photography book
Asini dotti
by Marcello Moscara
project curated by Moscara Associati, Nauna Cantieri musicali, Nostos
in conversation with the protagonists: Raffaele Gorgoni
with the participation of Enza Pagliara, Dario Muci, Francesco De Giorgi, Maurizio Buttazzo, Raffaele Casarano, Giorgia Santoro, Giorgio Distasnte, Antongiulio Galeandro, Elisabetta Selleri, Claudia De Ventura and Roberto Gagliardi
Throughout the evening, until midnight, visitors will be able to view the site-specific exhibition ‘Il cammino degli asini dotti’ and the exhibition ‘Visioni del sud’, curated by Francesco Maggiore and Paolo Pisanelli, with installations by Maurizio Buttazzo
During the evening, we will be tasting wines from the Severino Garofano Winery
Synopsis
Along the final kilometres of the Via Francigena, a donkey named Bartolo and his faithful companion Martino lead a troupe of artists along the roads leading to Finibus Terrae, where pilgrims once set sail for the Holy Land.
Bathed in a warm, blinding light, a photographer, two musicians, two film directors and a poet traverse the Salento region, encountering situations that lie somewhere between the expected and the unexpected, feeling every single step conquer every metre of ground.
What can one discover whilst travelling on foot, each with their own personal inspiration and way of expressing themselves?
And all this whilst following a donkey – a symbol of both knowledge and ignorance at the same time?
A new way of living and revitalising the land, a magic straddling the sacred and the profane, between destruction and wonder, between amazement and resignation: emerging from a dense oak forest to discover the chimney of a coal-fired power station, or crossing ghostly expanses of olive trees scorched by Xylella, yet still feeling the earth vibrate beneath your feet, still continuing to walk, to discover, to breathe, to photograph, to play music, to write, to sow.
Watch the trailer
https://youtu.be/avg6r7dXIkg?feature=shared
curated by Cinema del reale
