Cinema Partenio | at 4pm
Directed by:Massimo d’Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Year: 2024
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Running Time: 208’
Produced by:Montmorency Film with Rai Cinema, Lomotion, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR with the support of di MIC, Eurimages, PR FESR Lombardia 2021- 2027 – Bando “Lombardia per il cinema”, Berner Filmförderung Burgergemeinde Bern in association with Luce Cinecittà in participation with Eye Filmmuseum Cinémathèque Suisse
Distributed by: Luce Cinecittà
Plot:Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari is a docu-encyclopedia, divided into three acts, each of which deals with a single subject: animals, plants, stones. The film is a tribute to those “unknown” and in some ways truly alien worlds, made of animals, plants and minerals, which we too often take for granted, but with which we should be in constant dialogue since they constitute the essential part of our existence on planet Earth. Told through three distinct storytelling techniques, the acts of the film trace a single dramatic arc. Bestiari is a found-footage on how and why cinema has obsessively represented animals; Erbari, on the other hand, is a poetic observational documentary from inside Padua’s Botanical Gardens; Lapidari, finally, an industrial and emotional film about the transformation of stone into collective memory. Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari is a sentimental journey through the culture, science and art of our old continent.