CAMILLA SALVATORE

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Resistance often reveals unexpected forms of poetry. I call it collateral beauty. The people I portray are not mere subjects, but integral parts of my life.
Through cinema, I pay homage to the love we shared amidst adversity. These films are testaments to those who fight with the greatest dignity.

Quirino
2019

Quirino lives on the banks of the river Sarmento, near the Arbëreshë village of San Costantino Albanese. The film shows excerpts of daily life, without dialogues, only work dedicated to the construction of a classical musical instrument of the pastoral tradition of Southern Italy. In the background, the Sarmento river marks the cyclicality of time and its inexorable flow.

Documentary
8' - Color - Italy
Arbëreshë

with Quirino Valvano
written and directed by Camilla Salvatore
sound Renato Grieco
supported by ArtePollino, Matera Capitale Europea della Cultura