The sail unfurled
Director Lorenzo Apolli
Countries Italy
Duration 13 min
Synopsis
Through the lens of his camera a young army doctor observes a small village, made up of a group of huts situated at an altitude of 3000 metres. It is wartime, his companions are other youths called to the front. The young man takes and develops his own photographs, accumulating hundreds of images as others would fill the pages of a diary. Slowly, his albums are enriched with faces, gestures and expressions, becoming a private account of a common experience, in which sharing, friendship and life given up to nature are not enough to keep the thoughts of war away.
Through the lens of his camera a young army doctor observes a small village, made up of a group of huts situated at an altitude of 3000 metres. It is wartime, his companions are other youths called to the front. The young man takes and develops his own photographs, accumulating hundreds of images as others would fill the pages of a diary. Slowly, his albums are enriched with faces, gestures and expressions, becoming a private account of a common experience, in which sharing, friendship and life given up to nature are not enough to keep the thoughts of war away.