Wrapping the audience in waves of sound, Alberi takes us on a circular journey through the Italian countryside. The marvelous natural music at the tops of the eponymous trees makes way for the rhythmic cadence of civilization--men baring axes and the natural clatter of daily life--before their unforgettable return home from the forest. The singular artistry of director Michelangelo Frammartino (Le quatro volte) is beautifully displayed in this mesmerizing homage to nature

The Gift follows the daily life of a village in Calabria, which had thousands of people, but today there are few left: its inhabitants seem to simply wait the time to pass. An old man lives alone on a farm. He is suddenly confronted with modernity when two workers forget a mobile phone at his house, as well as a pornographic picture taken from the internet.
A girl who is believed to be possessed by some demon offers her beautiful body without tenderness to the assaults of a bunch of motorists who stop to give her a ride.
A store opens its curtains without having any customers and so on...

2021 film by Michelangelo Frammartino

An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.