Il cantamaggio
Introduced by future Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, this documentary investigates the composite cultural tradition of the maggio, a poetical performance that Tuscan peasants used to stage in the month of May. Fo here poignantly pinpoints the self-reflexive social and political facets of the maggio.
Also in this combined programme
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Medea, un maggio di Pietro Frediani
Benvenuti films with commendable rigueur the performance of a maggio based on the character of Medea, staged by peasants in an old oil mill. -
Del monte Pisano
An exploration of the Tuscan landscape leads Benvenuti to the discovery of an ancient and almost lost tradition of popular poetry: the maggio. -
Bambini di Buti
Between documentary and fiction, Benvenuti leads a bunch of kids to the rediscovery of the ancient tradition of the maggio.
Film details
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 1978
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 45'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP
