original title:
Sul vulcano
directed by:
cast:
Yole Loquercio, Matteo Fraterno, Maria Perfetto, Raffaella Pernice, Maria Del Porto, Salvatore Di Gennaro, Carmine Montella, Antonio Perna, Salvatore Perfetto, Pasquale Persico, Giovanni Ricciardi, Roberto De Francesco, Andrea Renzi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Iaia Forte, Aniello Arena, Toni Servillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Leo Gullotta, Renato Carpentieri, Enzo Moscato, Guenda Goria, Ciro Carlo Fico
cinematography:
editing:
music:
producer:
production:
Blue Film, Luce Cinecittà, Soul Movie, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, in collaboration with SUDLAB, Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, Film Commission Regione Campania
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2014
film run:
80'
format:
HD - colour
aspect ratio:
1.85:1
release date:
13/11/2014
festivals & awards:
Maria, Matteo, Yole: three lives on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius, in an absolutely unique environment with a wealth of mythological, historical and literary associations. Maria lives and works on a flower farm and tree nursery below one of the Vesuvian villas, and is a discreet guardian of the volcano. Matteo, a painter, uses lava to make his works, bearing witness to a profound connection with the earth. Yole, a singer of “neo-melodic” music, manages to reconcile the free life of a young woman with a genuine devotion to the Madonna. What if the proverbial fatalism of people from Naples were derived precisely from the presence of the volcano, which for two thousand years has given to and taken away from those who live under it?