PRODUCTIONS: THE GRAN PARADISO NATIONAL PARK

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Paolo Sodi

SD Cinematografica

28 Min.

UHD

The Gran Paradiso is located between Piedmont and the Aosta Valley. In 1922 a park was established there, the oldest in Italy. Its symbolic animal is the ibex, an ungulate that has been the object of indiscriminate hunting for centuries, particularly during fascism. With the creation of the park, the mountainous valley has found a new balance and its species have repopulated, especially thanks to the commitment of the park rangers. Claudia, married and mother of two children, and Martino, a 60-year-old man who takes care of his mother, work there. Two individuals with apparently polar opposite personalities, but united by a passion for nature. Being dependent on the Gran Paradiso is not a simple mission: long weeks in solitude, strenuous walks, and days full of events. A tale of two people who never cross paths, whose narration is intertwined with those of the species that populate the park. A film that testifies to how man and nature can live in total symbiosis, through a relationship of interdependence.