The video is taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which is of great relevance today even though it was written in 1800. It narrates the story of a mariner, and so, of a man who lives on the natural element par excellence. He kills the symbolic Albatros and so breaks the bond between the human and the natural world. All the same, fate does not have the classical "expiatory death" in store for him. Rather he goes through an intermediate status, in which he can return to life to bear witness to his own story so that his neighbor can profit from his experience and understand how important it is to be in harmony with nature conditio sine qua non for the survival of the planet.
Biography
film director
Laura Quaglia
Laura Ouaglia (Milan, 1957) has done linguistic and artistic studies. Since 1987 she has dedicated herself to directing fictions, making Vendesi (1987), Tattoo (1988), Sieropositività non è diversità (1989), Spotaids (1990), and The Dark Side of Milano (1990).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Paolo Bonazzi.
Sound: Tito Occhiobianco.
Cast: Johnny Lamanna, Antonella Galiè, Reiner Geburzi, Roberto Prandoni, Daniele Guatelli, gli abitanti di Bussana, i marinai della Palinuro.
Production company: La Quaglia Vola, via Pietro Custodi 4, Milano, tel. 58109723.