The Day of the Sky
Director Andrea Parente
Countries Italy
Duration 47 min
Synopsis
Catholicism and totemism. Archaism and pop music. Traditions and contamination. The Gigli Feast is a time of rational contradictions and visual contrast. Seen from a modern prospective, it could appear as an expression of insanity and nonsense, but still today thousands of people, living normal lives, gather ‘under the Giglio’. Taking part in a celebration that move the collective unconscious, and strengthen the identity of those participating. Among them the narrators we will be hearing from: a farmer, a marketing manager, a magistrate, a businessman and a workman. Even though with different backgrounds they are united by the emotional sharing of one of the most powerful, spectacular and controversial events that takes place in the whole Mediterranean area.
Catholicism and totemism. Archaism and pop music. Traditions and contamination. The Gigli Feast is a time of rational contradictions and visual contrast. Seen from a modern prospective, it could appear as an expression of insanity and nonsense, but still today thousands of people, living normal lives, gather ‘under the Giglio’. Taking part in a celebration that move the collective unconscious, and strengthen the identity of those participating. Among them the narrators we will be hearing from: a farmer, a marketing manager, a magistrate, a businessman and a workman. Even though with different backgrounds they are united by the emotional sharing of one of the most powerful, spectacular and controversial events that takes place in the whole Mediterranean area.