Country: Italy
Year: 2016
Duration: 12'
In a small town in the Nebrodi mountains, in Sicily, hundreds of barefoot worshippers, dressed in white, brave the winter cold and invoke the grace of saint Sebastian. The votive rite has involved the community for generations. [mp]
Biography
film director
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello (Italy, 1988) studied classics at university and graduated in Film Editing at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. His first film Ex voto was awarded as best short at 34° Torino Film Festival
FILMOGRAFIA
Vraiment Marcel (cm, 2013), Incontro ravvicinato con un autore di un certo tipo (cm, 2016), Ex voto (cm, 2016).
Declaration
film director
“‘About you, I know everything; about myself, I know nothing.’ Between the sacred and the secular, in a mixture of folklore and liturgy, a natural passion can be sensed that goes beyond religion and superstition. I tried to film the intimate involvement of the community; I’m talking about the mysterious relationship between faith and the individual. These people have a feeling of shared faith which forges the sense of a community.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello
aiuto regista/assistant director
Claudia Librizzi
montaggio/film editing
Fabrizio Franzini
suono/sound
Maurilio Romano
contatti/contacts
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello
faberh@hotmail.it
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello
aiuto regista/assistant director
Claudia Librizzi
montaggio/film editing
Fabrizio Franzini
suono/sound
Maurilio Romano
contatti/contacts
Fabrizio Paterniti Martello
faberh@hotmail.it
