THE ENCHANTED VALLEY
Film-documentary: 36’49”
Direction and subject: Franco Passalacqua
Production: CARIT Foundation – Municipality of Terni
Realization: 6 Aprileaudiovisual
Interpreter: Michele Volpi
Photography and shooting: Riccardo Truffarelli
Editing: Francesca Polito
Scientific advice: Anna Ottani Cavina, Marcella Culatti
In the early 19th century a northern European painter crossed the Alps at the St. Gotthard pass, in Switzerland and reached Italy. We see him painting in the River Nera valley between Terni and Narni. Through his activity he tells the story of the plein air painters from many European countries who, in the late 18th and early 19th century, on reaching Italy were fascinated and spellbound by the Mediterranean light and the beauty of its landscapes. They painted en plein air, in real life, outside their studios for the first time. These artists created a wealth of art works that portray a dreamlike, magical, beautiful Italy many years before the discovery of photography. Anna Ottani Cavina tells this singular story.
COROT IN THE ENCHANTED VALLEY
Film-Documentary: 11’, 26’’
Direction and subject: Franco Passalacqua
Film-production: Fondazione CARIT e COOP sociale ACTL Terni
Realization: Euromedia SRL
Main actor: Piergiorgio Giacché, Young Corot: Alessandro Ruta
Photography and shots: Mauro Cattani
Editing: Gianluca Perissinotto
From an image of a photograph dated 1873 showing Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, at the age of 77, while painting en plein air, the artist comes to life who tells and remembers the years of his first trip to Italy in 1825/1828 with particular attention to his artistic experience in the Terni valley.