Fire and sea. Life and death. Everyday routine and permanent state of emergency: the oxymoron is powerful, so is the way these elements are used to build the story in Fuocoammare - Fire at Sea, Gianfranco Rosi's latest documentary. After the big Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the feature is Italy's Foreign Language Entry at the 89th edition of the Academy Awards.
After he turned down the idea of a reportage about the common rescue of migrants in Lampedusa, Rosi strives for a different, deep, emotional effect. For 108 minutes, the Italian director walks the viewer along a double path: the one followed by thousands of men, women, and children who travel the Mediterranean seeking a better life; the other unfolding the day-to-day life of Sicilian residents who seem to be barely affected by what happens along the coastlines. We talked to Director Rosi who visited the Bay Area in October for a Special Advance Screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Fonte: L'italo-Americano
