Film

attempting to escape death by dancing

di come i vivi tentarono, danzando, di sottrarsi alla morte

di come i vivi tentarono, danzando, di sottrarsi alla morte is an experimental documentary exploring traditional dances of Southern Italy as collective acts of resistance against death. Through the manipulation and progressive digital degradation of archival footage, accompanied by a grotesque and unsettling soundscape, the film brings Elias Canetti's reflections on the refusal to accept death into dialogue with Ernesto de Martino's studies on magic and the crisis of presence. The movement of bodies becomes a ritual attempt to suspend the irreversibility of time, an obstinate and ultimately futile revolt against the dissolution of existence.

Réalisation

Carmine Lo Regio

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11/11/2026

Langue originale

Anglais