PRODUCTIONS: FILICUDI

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Piero Cannizzaro

SD Cinematografica

40 min.

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Filicudi is a Sicilian island of the Aeolian Archipelago, an archaic and volcanic land, which in summer is surrounded by the colors of the Mediterranean scrub. In 3,000 BC, the first settlements appeared at the prehistoric site of Cape Gratin, where goats were sacrificed to ingratiate themselves with the gods. Since the end of the nineteenth century, many filicudari have emigrated abroad, but there are also those who, like the fisherman GIUSEPPE TARANTO, have chosen to stay. On this impervious island, where electric light arrived in 1986 and, until the sixties, we moved only on old mule tracks, lives PIETRO ANASTASI. It was the postman of the island and remembers the time when there were oil lights and water was recovered from the wells. Today, however, the supply of water is guaranteed by the tanker that arrives on the island. Some tasty culinary recipes have always been handed down here, such as those of the delicious Spicchitedda biscuits. In addition, in the district of Val di Chiesa, IONA BERTUCCIO lives, engaged - together with his son DOMENICO MAZZA and other family members - in the cultivation of vineyards, from which malvasia also obtains. In the district of Serro, on the other hand, annuzza CAPPADONA lives, expert in the conservation of vegetables that grow on terraces. In recent years, thanks to the routes created by GIUSI MURABITO, Filicudi can be explored through an "experiential trek", which allows you to relax and immerse yourself in the local culture, among landscapes enriched with ply pears of India. Finally, in a cave carved into the mountain, lives GISBERT LIPPELT, a former German naval officer, who had the courage to abandon everything to devote himself to contemplative life.