Tempting Promises

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Tempting Promises (Le allettanti promesse)

Tempting Promises (Le allettanti promesse)

original title:

Le allettanti promesse

production:

distribution:

country:

Italy

year:

2017

film run:

68'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (28/09/2017)

festivals & awards:

Esino Lario is a small border village in the Alps, between Italy and Switzerland. It is a quiet and isolated place; the only foreign presence is a group of refugees waiting for asylum and hosted in an old hotel.
In 2016 the village held an international event about web and digital culture: the annual world meeting of Wikipedia volunteers. Over a span of several months, the film tracks the preparations ahead of the event. The commitment of some, the indifference or open hostility of others, unveil a society that is caught between contemporariness and tradition, openness and rejection. The tempting promises the film refers to are the trigger which forces this small world to change.