Biùtiful cauntri

Biùtiful cauntri
Directed by Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D'Ambrosio
Starring Raffaele Del Giudice, Mario & Patrizia Gerlando, Mario Cannavacciuolo, Sabatino Cannavacciuolo
Distributed by Lumiere & Co
Release dates
  • November 2007 (2007-11) (Torino Film Festival)[1]
Running time
 83 minutes
Country Italy

Biùtiful cauntri is a 2007 Italian documentary film about illegal toxic waste dumping in Southern Italy. It was directed by Esmeralda Calabria and Andrea D'Ambrosio and written by Calabria, D'Ambrosio and Peppe Ruggiero. It focuses on the progressive poisoning of thousands of square miles of Southern Italian agricultural land and the deadly effects upon people, animals, and plant life in the areas of Sicily and Naples, and behind that the interwoven relations between the Italian government, corrupt pseudo-legitimate businessmen, and the Italian organized crime group, the Camorra. The title is literally the Italian pronunciation of "beautiful country". A secondary focus of the film is governmental inaction, in some cases lasting over a decade and a half, despite the pleas of the people affected.

Release and book

It was premiered in November 2007 at the Torino Film Festival, where it received a special mention. It was then released in ten Italian movie theaters in March 2008. On 15 July 2008 the film was released in France, where it received a positive review from Le Monde. The film was released on DVD along with a 90-page book published under the Senza Filtro imprint of Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli.

Awards

See also

References

[2] - pressbook [in English][3] - pressbook [in Italian] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

  1. ↑ http://www.torinofilmfest.org/index.php?action=detail&id=8265
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  4. ↑ "premiosiani.it/edizione2009". Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  5. ↑ 3sat.online. "3sat.online". 3sat.de. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  6. ↑ Archived December 3, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Libera informazione - Blog Napoli". Blognapoli.it. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  8. ↑ "I Giovani democratici guardano Biutiful Cauntri". TerlizziLive.it. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  9. ↑ "I GIOVANI DELLA FOCSIV IN CAMPANIA E AD ACERRA DAVANTI ALL’INCENERITORE - ilmediano.it - l'informazione online". ilmediano.it. 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  10. ↑ "l'informazione online". ilmediano.it. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

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