TERRA IN VISTA

Giulia Angrisani, Mattia Petullà / Belgium / 2022 / International Premiere / 87 min.

synopsis

Sisco, Cecilia, Gibbo and Armelle work as hired crop pickers. Along with other seasonal workers, they sleep on the farmers’ land before moving on to the next farm. Their irregular worktime depends on the cyclic changes of the weather. For a while, they pick strawberries in Denmark, and then move on to vine in France or oranges in Spain. Even if they find themselves on the society’s edge, with their nomadic way of life condemned by some and adored by others, they remain relatively free and independent. And it counts both in work and money. Precarity, a daily object of struggle of others, is their very own life style. They do not know what tomorrow will bring for them, yet they are still left with a lot of time for dreams and plays.

“We believe that a shift in certain paradigms is necessary in our society, especially regarding the way of being with others. We believe that pain, agitation, insecurity, weakness are not feelings to be avoided. The crisis must be be embraced, lived.” (Angrisani Giulia, Mattia Petullà)

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Source: https://cvb.be/sites/default/files/catalogue/dp_tiv_fr.pdf

biography

Mattia Petullà (b. 1981) graduated in communication sciences with the focus on film, TV and multimedia at the University of Bologna. Giulia Angrisani (b. 1988) studied anthropology in Naples. Together, as well as each one on their own, they realized several art installations and short films focused on the topic of the relation of humans toward nature and the environment.

more about film

director:	Giulia Angrisani, Mattia Petullà
producer:	Cyril Bibas, Javier Packer-Comyn, Olivier Burlet, Stephanie Bolden
script:	Giulia Angrisani, Mattia Petullà
photography:	Giulia Angrisani , Mattia Petullà
editing:	Giulia Angrisani , Mattia Petullà, Rudi Maerten
sound:	Giulia Angrisani, Mattia Petullà
sound design:	Jean-Noël Boisse