In the Land of Fires
Director Marco La Gala
Countries France, Italy
Duration 46 min
Synopsis
In the region of Naples, at the foot of Vesuvius, in the same land which the Romans called Terra Felix, there are more than 2,500 illegal waste dumps. Hundreds of fields are completely abandoned and transformed into landfills. A small social cooperative tries to retrieve a field abandoned for more than 20 years. Rediscovering the rural culture and popular traditions of a world that is likely to disappear.
In the region of Naples, at the foot of Vesuvius, in the same land which the Romans called Terra Felix, there are more than 2,500 illegal waste dumps. Hundreds of fields are completely abandoned and transformed into landfills. A small social cooperative tries to retrieve a field abandoned for more than 20 years. Rediscovering the rural culture and popular traditions of a world that is likely to disappear.