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- The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled there with his young wife and their three children to produce goat cheese, in order to escape the wrongs of civilization. At first they are suspicious of his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, then are conquered by the enthusiasm, kindness, helpfulness of the young family and start to see in them a possible rebirth of the place. But little by little misunderstandings, envy and conflicts take over.
- In the early 90's Italian businessman Romano Artioli committed to revive the legendary Bugatti Automobile brand to create the most prestigious and technological supercar of those days. He summoned an exceptional team of engineers and technicians, conceiving a new futuristic factory in Campogalliano, near Modena, the heart of the Italian 'Motor Valley'. His venture starts auspiciously and the new car, named EB 110 in honor of Ettore Bugatti, the founder of the brand, is unveiled with great fanfare in Paris during September 1992. Over 200 technicians were employed in the factory, excited and proud for this pioneering enterprise, unmatched in the history of motoring. While many showings of the car are promoted all around the world, Artioli's wide creativity ranges across the board, from design and fashion branding to partnerships with the best manufacturers/suppliers of the time (Michelin, BBS, Aerospaciale, Nakamici, ...). But, shortly after the presentation of the second car prototype EB 112 - a four-door sedan designed by well renown Giugiaro - a car aimed to consecrate Bugatti as top excellence brand, a number of questionable events quickly lead the company to bankruptcy all the way to liquidation of the business, factory and its employees. After 25 years, the factory is still there, intact and sleepy as the day after its closure. It can be admired from the highway as a symbol of courage, utopia and passion of its people. Employees, still enchanted by the short but intense experience, will share with us the feelings and atmospheres of a golden age dissolved too quickly. Thanks to valuable archive footage (pictures and video) and exclusive interviews, we have the privilege to revive this mysterious and epic adventure, which still fascinates us for its working ideals in terms of excellence, enthusiasm and passion.
- There was a time, a period that lasted about five years between 1977 and 1981, when the city of Bologna had become the center of the world: everything seemed to happen within its old walls, it had become a kind of geographical hub of imagination and creativity. Back then, many different utopias gave birth to a new "social layer": a revolutionary project made of creativity, new languages, giving power to imagination, the 1977 movement, the Drama Arts and Music Studies school, Radio Alice, the out-of-course students, the chained protesters in Piazza Maggiore... There's been a lot of talk about that period, but there's a story that's been left out, a story only a few know: a story told by the those who have crossed, known, breathed, experienced, met and lived even for a few moments the place and the characters of the Warhol-like factory called Traumfabrik.
- The documentary tells of an adventure born of two extraordinary men, united in creating a social and architectural experiment unique in its kind: the Eni Village "Corte di Cadore", a tourist center conceived and designed for mountain holidays for the oil company's employees and their families. Since the early 50's, the Village has been a customary holiday location for Eni's employees and their children, an experience that left deep memories and forged the aesthetic taste and imagination of a whole generation. The film shows us never seen images of the Gellner Archives, and through the Architect's drawings, models and 16mm movies tells the extraordinary modernity of a ground-breaking designer, perhaps a little too 'asymmetric' to be understood in his time. A new generation, through the investigation of young director Davide Maffei, has the opportunity to experience what is left of the attempt to realize a precise vision of the Eni company, abruptly interrupted by the untimely death of his patron Enrico Mattei. A dream of the past or a lesson for the future?
- A documentary biography on Italian famous painter Giorgio Morandi.
- This documentary explores two geographic and human trails going in opposite directions: the outward journey of some Italian independent volunteers to Africa, and the flow of African clandestine immigrants running in the reverse direction. Both paths are quests for hope. But, are they such different tracks? In both cases there is a search for hope. The formers follow the urge of enriching their lives making themselves useful to the most unfortunate; the latter are pushed by a compelling demand for survival, by the need to guarantee a minimum outliving to their families, by the pursuit of freedom or the necessity of medical assistance. The paradox is that to achieve a status in this 'artificial paradise' the Africans are requested to get rid of the 'peculiarity of their roots', which is exactly what the Italian volunteers went searching for in the ancient unspoilt 'old paradise'.
- An Italian mother is dealing with her hyperkinetic son's adolescence. They bump into Parkour and get trapped in its joyous physical routine, until one day a young kid dies jumping off a school's rooftop. The mother leaves to research the discipline's roots and its impact on different cultures, asking scientists and other women to relieve her sense of maternal responsibility. While she travels the world to unveil a philosophical side of Parkour, her son gains his emancipation through the extreme.
- Since the death of Adriano Olivetti, one of the biggest Italian industrialists, the Olivetti team strives to preserve his reputation. But is the shrinking company still capable of maintaining this unique architectural heritage?