Opening event: The Mountain Postman
08/03/2007 The Mountain Postman
by Adolfo Baruffi, based on a work by Dino Buzzati
Kindly offered by the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana
Italy, 1951, 35 mm, Black and white
Based on a subject by the writer Dino Buzzati, this short film (once lost) was filmed entirely on location between 1950 and 1951 at Colle Santa Lucia in the Bellunese Dolomites at the foot of Mount Pelmo. The film captures the local population as seen through the eyes of its postman on a spring day. Making his regular rounds, the postman visits with people going about their everyday tasks. The film paints a pleasing picture of life in the mountains 50 years ago, where, on the occasion of this documentary, the locals transform themselves into actors - displaying historic and ancient traditions and wearing characteristic clothing - to keep alive the details of an age long forgotten.
Saturday 18 august 2007, at 9pm. Opening Event of Lessinia Film Festival.