Medea, un maggio di Pietro Frediani
Benvenuti revives the tradition of maggio by filming with commendable rigueur the performance of a maggio composed by peasant poet Pietro Frediani (1775-1857), and based upon the character of Medea. Old farmers and shepherds stage the text on the backdrop of an ancient oil mill.
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
Il cantamaggio
Introduced by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, this documentary researches on the tradition of the maggio (May), a brand of poetry performed by Tuscan pea
Film details
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 1972
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 45'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP
