AL CINEMA. SCOPRI DOVE:
Milano Duomo
Omegna Cinema Sociale
Falconara Marittima (AN) Cinema Excelsior
Milano Cinema Beltrade
Milano Cinema Oberdan
Modena Raffaello Multisala
Mezzago (MB) BloomCinema
Bergamo Auditorium Cinema Lab 80
L’infinita fabbrica del Duomo racconta la storia della nascita e del continuo mantenimento del Duomo di Milano attraverso i secoli. Primo atto della quadrilogia Spira Mirabilis che affronta il concetto di immortalità attraverso gli elementi della natura, L’infinita fabbrica del Duomo rappresenta l’elemento della terra.
Attraverso una prospettiva poetica e dal forte impatto visivo, il film segue le fasi e i lavori che la conservazione del Duomo richiede: dall’estrazione del marmo, al cantiere marmisti, all’Archivio storico, alla Cattedrale stessa. Marmisti, muratori, carpentieri, fabbri, restauratori, orafi: questa straordinaria, ma costante concentrazione di attività è filmata alla luce della sacralità di un monumento che vive di tempi, ritmi, calendari, aspirazioni che si fondono e trascendono il lavoro umano e assume così un nuovo valore simbolico.
The anonymous, humble and daily care that a structure such as the Duomo required in the past and still requires today, reveals the great human capacity that is able to transcend time and generations and to comprehend a great humanist sentiment. “L’infinita fabbrica del duomo” is a visual poem, an epic of humble men, a film that tries to return a drawing so varied and complex, a design whose secret passages can not be forced or opened by a simple will, but that can be only suggested by the power of a story through images. Try to film and return the care, the diligence and the beauty of time and human stories is the challenge of our movie.
Together Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti in 2006 wrote and directed “I promessi sposi” (The Betrothed), selected at the Locarno Film Festival in ‘Ici & Ailleurs’, the film was awarded at the Festival dei Popoli and at the Filmmaker Film Festival in Milan. In 2009 “Grandi speranze” (Great Expectations) was also presented at the Locarno Film Festival in ‘Ici & Ailleurs’. “Il Castello” (The castle), selected in many international festivals (Cinema du reel, Nyon; Hot Docs, Toronto; EIDF, Seoul; RIDM, Montreal; etc…) was awarded at Hot Docs, Toronto with the Special Jury Prize and in EIDF, Seoul with the Special Jury Award, at IDA Awards in Los Angeles with the Prize for the Best Cinematography, at Torino Film Festival with the Premio Speciale della Giuria Italiana.doc and Premio Avanti. In 2013 “Materia oscura” (Dark Matter) won the Corso Salani Award for Best Work in Progress, it was presented at the Berlinale (Forum) and begins a long journey trought festival, receiving several awards.